Weaning the baby.
I have been trying to get Thayana to stop breastfeeding for the past week, and I am still waiting to my boobs to figure it out here. Message to milk: go away. You are not welcome here anymore. I have been sore but not incredibly engorged, and I only allow Thayana to feed if the pain is bad. She takes a little off the top and then she drinks regular milk in a bottle or sippy cup most of the time. I am just ready to not have the appetite and also I want to get on with my weight loss. Just in the past week, my appetite has been cut down so drastically that I don't feel like I am hungry as often, and when I eat I get full more easily. That is so nice. I have been fighting my appetite for the past six months, and it has made it so hard for me to have the willpower to carry on when I know that I am going to be constantly hungry. Yesterday I cut back on my breastfeeding Points, and today I am going to do the same to prep myself for the amount of calories I am going to have to get down to on a daily basis if I want to kick this last ten pounds. I think that what I have heard is true - it is really hard to lose the last ten pounds if you are still breastfeeding.
Thayana is actually doing better with it than I thought she would. She's my baby, and she wants the titties. But wave some solid food in her face, and she is usually ok. She is also getting used to the idea of regular milk. Sometimes she fusses in the morning, which is the time we would usually spend the most time latched on to each other. I have also had to give her the bottle a couple of times when I didn't want to so that she could comfort nurse, but I really don't have all that much to complain about. She is a trooper.
In other developments, Thayana is doing really well with her words. She is saying new things here and there, but uses only a few words on a regular basis. I got her to say "Auntie" the other day. Other than that, she is walking like a pro and doing regular toddler things. She is even getting much better at staying with my mom, even when she is in a bad mood. My mother is tickled pink. How cute. I am really glad that she spends at least one evening per week with my mom. Now I just need to get her some time each week with Grandma and Grandpa Grantham.
I think that I am going to get a part-time job. Something that I won't hate - possibly in customer service - that will help with the bills a little and also be something that will be there for me in case anything serious happens and a job is necessary. I am considering Starbucks because they are open late and I love coffee, but I'm just not sure. Blaine is opposed to the idea, but he is just not being able to bring home all of the money some months, and I can work my schedule around most of the times that he is home. Other weeks, I am sure that I can get grandparents, aunts and friends to help out. I am really worried with Christmas coming up and everything. We could really use the extra money. And I am not all that excited about the idea that there will be days that I HAVE to be somewhere like work, but it may also be good for me to get away. We will see. Maybe even once a week I can get him to stay home and I can go to work from like 3 to 11. That would be sweet.
Thayana is actually doing better with it than I thought she would. She's my baby, and she wants the titties. But wave some solid food in her face, and she is usually ok. She is also getting used to the idea of regular milk. Sometimes she fusses in the morning, which is the time we would usually spend the most time latched on to each other. I have also had to give her the bottle a couple of times when I didn't want to so that she could comfort nurse, but I really don't have all that much to complain about. She is a trooper.
In other developments, Thayana is doing really well with her words. She is saying new things here and there, but uses only a few words on a regular basis. I got her to say "Auntie" the other day. Other than that, she is walking like a pro and doing regular toddler things. She is even getting much better at staying with my mom, even when she is in a bad mood. My mother is tickled pink. How cute. I am really glad that she spends at least one evening per week with my mom. Now I just need to get her some time each week with Grandma and Grandpa Grantham.
I think that I am going to get a part-time job. Something that I won't hate - possibly in customer service - that will help with the bills a little and also be something that will be there for me in case anything serious happens and a job is necessary. I am considering Starbucks because they are open late and I love coffee, but I'm just not sure. Blaine is opposed to the idea, but he is just not being able to bring home all of the money some months, and I can work my schedule around most of the times that he is home. Other weeks, I am sure that I can get grandparents, aunts and friends to help out. I am really worried with Christmas coming up and everything. We could really use the extra money. And I am not all that excited about the idea that there will be days that I HAVE to be somewhere like work, but it may also be good for me to get away. We will see. Maybe even once a week I can get him to stay home and I can go to work from like 3 to 11. That would be sweet.