So many things to blog about, so little time! Let me apologize to everyone that I haven't called back, haven't emailed ect. I'm not ignoring you! Here's whats new. Ryan went for his 1 month appt. He is now 11 lbs, 7.5 oz. He is in the 90th% for his weight. He has only grown a quarter of an inch. The Dr said not to worry, that measurement can be really off if he is not completely straight, or wiggling. So he is in the 10th percentile for his height. Steve says basically he is a bowling ball! At his one week appt he was 8lbs 12.5 oz. So in 3 weeks he's grown 2 1/2 lbs! I do love those chubby cheeks! He is doing well. We have had a couple of rough nights sleeping (or lack there of). He is so addicted already to his binki. He was from day one. He's just one of those babys that needs to suck all the time. He will wake up and start screaming as soon as it falls out of his mouth. So we play this game where it falls out, he screams, I get up and plug him back in, wait a few minutes till I'm sure he's back asleep, I go back to bed and get all cozy and out it comes again. I let him cry for a few minutes to see if he will go back to sleep on his own, but it ends up waking him up more. This went on for 3 hours last night. I tried to make him forget about the binkster, and tried rocking him back to sleep to no avail. Its now becoming the root of all evil. So today he hasn't had it at all. He's been sleeping a lot today making up for last night. I don't like this game we seem to be playing already.
Then there's the feedings. Some of you may know that I am breast feeding, but I'm pumping it into a bottle instead of nursing. He wasn't taking to the breast, and neither one of us had the patience. I had the same frustration with Zachary, but back then he went to formula. Anyway, I've gotten flack from a lot of people (nurses mostly) for the pumping thing but whatever. It works for us. This way Steve can help with feedings, I can see how much he is getting, theres no teeth involved ect. Its just is easier for us. Most of the time. My only problem with it is that I cant seem to get ahead. I pump, he eats. I'm pumping every 2 hours and he is eating every 3. It seems like all I do all day is pump and feed. And, that's because I am! I'd like to be able to have enough for at least a couple of feedings in advance and eventually enough to freeze for when I go back to work. So I talked to the Dr and asked how I can produce more milk. He said to buy brewers yeast at the health food store and mix a teaspoon into a glass of milk daily. Ok, check. The can says "Wonderful nutty taste". Ok, I like nuts, yum. Got the stuff, and mixed it. Smelled nasty so I mixed in 2 tsp of Ovaltine. One sip and I almost spewed it across the floor. It was disgusting! Steve, positive that I was being over dramatic, takes a GULP and it has the same effect. I was sure he was going to say "Its not that bad, suck it up" . He was expecting to prove me wrong. Instead he's spitting it up, belching, making these awful sounds and faces, and makes me throw the can away immediately. It was that nasty. Wonderful nutty taste. HA! Those people should be sued for false advertisement! Theres some pills I can take so I'm going to try that. Those I have to take 6x a day but I don't care. Its better than 1 tsp of that crap!
3 comments:
Blech...brewers yeast?? Last I knew it didn't even smell good! Can't you drink more beer or something? LOL!!
No it doesnt smell good it was HORRIBLE! But Im now taking Brewers Yeast pills instead and thats much better. Even though Im taking between 9 and 12 a day! Id love to drink beer and the Dr said I could have one after I pump so its not in the milk but Im pumping every 2 hours or so and I dont think thats enough time in between. Im sure I could have one after my last pump at night but by that time I just want to go to bed!
Is the yeast helping? I never did anything like that with any of my kids. They always told me that I'd make as much milk as the baby needed. And when the baby needed more I would make more. I would try to mimic your pumping to match his eating. Its just supply and demand really. And don't forget that at like 3 weeks, 6 weeks and some other times they have an increase in feeding. Those times are near growth spurts and to increase your milk they start wanting to feed all the time. This will increase the supply. And then it levels off again. So if he's doing that you have to match it or the milk won't increase. All you have to do to get more is pump more. In the beginning there won't be as much but it will work if you keep it up. I know you want to get ahead but you're doing great. And if you were actually feeding him from you the day would still be all just feeding him, that's how it goes in the beginning. So it's maybe frustrating but think about it like this- at least you have more freedom than someone who isn't using a bottle. At least if you wanted you could leave without the baby if there is a bottle in the fridge. At least you could sleep at night and Steve could do a feeding. I still wake up every night with at least one of my kids, sometimes all 3 (needs a binky, needs some cuddling, needs to tell me about a bad dream). So it could be worse I guess. And you're doing a good job.
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