Click to revel in the cuteness!We have gone to formula for every other feeding during the day, and all overnight feedings. I'm down to pumping three times a day, and that will shortly go to two, once I return the rental pump this weekend, and have to fall back on my single pump. I may continue pumping once a day for a little while, so as to ( Read more... )

Well, either the Zoloft is kicking in, or else I'm just getting used to things around here. Aaron and I have settled into a pattern where he takes the night shift, starting at midnight when I go to bed. He either stays up and working between feedings, or else plays the "sleep when the baby sleeps" game, and I take the day shift, starting ( Read more... )

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Today was a good day, for the most part. The doula came over in the morning, and she helped me try nursing Z again. I think we did better this time, getting a good latch. There was some brief confusion as Z clearly remembered what a breast was, but had to be reminded what to do with it. It did start to hurt after a few minutes, so I took him ( Read more... )

Today Z is one month old. His clueless parents have managed to keep him alive for an entire month! Of course, we had a lot of help--in fact, it's probably more to do with his grandparents than with us, that he has managed to reach his current ripe old age ( Read more... )

Today was a better day. It might have been due to the fact that Aaron's parents took care of Z over night, so I got a solid 6 hours sleep, rather than 3, the night before. It's hard to tell what's actual depression and what's merely sleep deprivation. Not to mention that a side effect of the drug I'm on to increase milk supply is--wait for it-- ( Read more... )

You know what's bad? Having to wake up to pump, dreaming you've done so, then *really* waking up and having to still do it. :P

Good news: Z is over 7 lbs now ( Read more... )

I have started napping after the 7-8 pm-ish pumping, and then staying up between the midnight/1 am-ish one and the next one, at 3-4 am-ish. "Ish," because I'm not very good at managing every three hours--sometimes it's closer to four, especially if I've napped in between. It's so hard to get up again ( Read more... )