Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Well, we survived my first week back to work...but just barely! Ugh!
Last Sunday night she woke up at 4am congested. Made me feel like a bad mom for having to leave her at daycare sick for her first day. I got teary eyed a few times, but overall it wasn't bad. I had cried Sunday evening though as I was putting her to bed because I just kept thinking that when I set her in the crib and went to bed, that my time home with her was over...so I just kept holding her and holding her and didn't put her down for a long time.
Tuesday I stayed home with her (yes, I called out on my second day back to work!) ... She was congested and didn't sleep well at all...so I didn't sleep well and I just didn't want to face the day with no sleep.
Tuesday at 11am...she refused to eat! Refused the boob again. Another nursing strike. Let me just say that the next three days were hell here... I was crying, she was crying. She just wouldn't eat. I finally called our Kit (the lactation consultant) at home on wednesday evening and talked with her some and then ended up taking Luara into the office on Thursday morning for a check up just to make sure nothing physical was causing her to strike. No ear infection or anything. We were told that some babies just do that at about 3 months and sometimes we never know why. Well, this was her SECOND nursing strike... Talk about a rough last week home and first week back to work. All I wanted to do when I got home from work was huggle and snuggle and nurse my baby...and she wanted none of that. She cried herself to sleep way too many times those 3 days. Well, Thursday afternoon she snapped out of her funk and has been nursing just fine since then! I hope we never have another nursing strike...ever! But I'm glad to know we can survive it!
Last Sunday night she woke up at 4am congested. Made me feel like a bad mom for having to leave her at daycare sick for her first day. I got teary eyed a few times, but overall it wasn't bad. I had cried Sunday evening though as I was putting her to bed because I just kept thinking that when I set her in the crib and went to bed, that my time home with her was over...so I just kept holding her and holding her and didn't put her down for a long time.
Tuesday I stayed home with her (yes, I called out on my second day back to work!) ... She was congested and didn't sleep well at all...so I didn't sleep well and I just didn't want to face the day with no sleep.
Tuesday at 11am...she refused to eat! Refused the boob again. Another nursing strike. Let me just say that the next three days were hell here... I was crying, she was crying. She just wouldn't eat. I finally called our Kit (the lactation consultant) at home on wednesday evening and talked with her some and then ended up taking Luara into the office on Thursday morning for a check up just to make sure nothing physical was causing her to strike. No ear infection or anything. We were told that some babies just do that at about 3 months and sometimes we never know why. Well, this was her SECOND nursing strike... Talk about a rough last week home and first week back to work. All I wanted to do when I got home from work was huggle and snuggle and nurse my baby...and she wanted none of that. She cried herself to sleep way too many times those 3 days. Well, Thursday afternoon she snapped out of her funk and has been nursing just fine since then! I hope we never have another nursing strike...ever! But I'm glad to know we can survive it!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
BAM!
Well...just as fast as she decided she didn't want the boob... she decided at 1pm yesterday that all is good in boobyville and Laura is happily nursing away again :)
NO IDEA what caused her distress for those two days...but it was stressful for both of us!
NO IDEA what caused her distress for those two days...but it was stressful for both of us!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
What is going on?
Having stressful days here lately again...Laura is refusing to breastfeed :(
Tuesday we went grocery shopping and she ate at 11:30am. We got home shortly after at 12:30. She napped on and off through the afternoon and by 5 she still hadn't eaten. I'd tried a few times when she appeared hungry but she just screamed at me. Finally at 5:30, I gave her a 1/2 ounce bottle that I pumped off and then was able to switcher-oo her to the boob. She ate fine at 7. Ate fine at 10...and was fine for the rest of that overnight and all day yesterday too. Then last evening...same thing. She ate at 3:30 and at 5:30 she outright refused me! Screamed, arched her back, huge tears...but would take a bottle just fine. I only gave her a half ounce and figured it would settle her down and I'd try again next time she was hungry. Around 7ish she repeated that all over and got another 1/2 ounce by bottle. 9pm hit and she was still out of sorts... not screaming all the time...actually very happy lying on the floor or in the swing, during her bath, but if she was held or if she was hungry she just screamed at me. At 9, I gave her a 2 ounce bottle and put her to bed. She did fine for her 2am feeding...and was fine for her 6am feeding too. But then at 8am today... back to the screaming arching back thing :( I was able to give her a bit from the bottle and switch her over. Then we napped and when she was up at 10:30 she did it again :( After a few sucks on the bottle I was able to get her on though... REALLY not sure what's going on.
My theories are:
Teething...but why is it only happening in the evening (until today?) She's chewing her fists, blowing spit bubbles, and chews on my finger if I put it in her mouth...
Nipple confusion... she's started loving her pacifier this past week, but we really only give it to her to help get her to sleep - she she can go all day without it.
Overtired... She didn't nap really well Tuesday and then yesterday we were gone from 12:30-4:30, but I made sure she got a really good morning nap in before we left. And when we got home at 4:30 she took quite a few cat naps during the evening. ...and would she really be overtired this early in the morning? She went from really happy and smiling when her daddy was home this morning to just screaming when she wanted to eat.
I did call the doctor's office this morning. Was hoping Kit was there... but she wasn't. Another lactation consultant called me back and we discussed it. Doesn't appear to be any illness. Laura's wetting and pooing just fine. She is happy and content the rest of the time - just refusing the breast. I'm worried that she'll start wanting the bottle more becuase it's easier... so Jenn (the LC) suggested that next time I try to get her started with a dropper of milk instead of the bottle - so I've got that ready just in case. BUT - if that is the case - I hope this isn't the end of our breastfeeding relationship... starting Monday she'll be getting bottles all day when I'm back to work... We both worked so hard for the first month of her life to get this breastfeeding thing down that I'd hate to have it end sooner rather than later. Jenn told me to definitely call back if Laura keeps refusing the breast.
She's napping now... I wonder if she'll want me when she wakes up ?
Tuesday we went grocery shopping and she ate at 11:30am. We got home shortly after at 12:30. She napped on and off through the afternoon and by 5 she still hadn't eaten. I'd tried a few times when she appeared hungry but she just screamed at me. Finally at 5:30, I gave her a 1/2 ounce bottle that I pumped off and then was able to switcher-oo her to the boob. She ate fine at 7. Ate fine at 10...and was fine for the rest of that overnight and all day yesterday too. Then last evening...same thing. She ate at 3:30 and at 5:30 she outright refused me! Screamed, arched her back, huge tears...but would take a bottle just fine. I only gave her a half ounce and figured it would settle her down and I'd try again next time she was hungry. Around 7ish she repeated that all over and got another 1/2 ounce by bottle. 9pm hit and she was still out of sorts... not screaming all the time...actually very happy lying on the floor or in the swing, during her bath, but if she was held or if she was hungry she just screamed at me. At 9, I gave her a 2 ounce bottle and put her to bed. She did fine for her 2am feeding...and was fine for her 6am feeding too. But then at 8am today... back to the screaming arching back thing :( I was able to give her a bit from the bottle and switch her over. Then we napped and when she was up at 10:30 she did it again :( After a few sucks on the bottle I was able to get her on though... REALLY not sure what's going on.
My theories are:
Teething...but why is it only happening in the evening (until today?) She's chewing her fists, blowing spit bubbles, and chews on my finger if I put it in her mouth...
Nipple confusion... she's started loving her pacifier this past week, but we really only give it to her to help get her to sleep - she she can go all day without it.
Overtired... She didn't nap really well Tuesday and then yesterday we were gone from 12:30-4:30, but I made sure she got a really good morning nap in before we left. And when we got home at 4:30 she took quite a few cat naps during the evening. ...and would she really be overtired this early in the morning? She went from really happy and smiling when her daddy was home this morning to just screaming when she wanted to eat.
I did call the doctor's office this morning. Was hoping Kit was there... but she wasn't. Another lactation consultant called me back and we discussed it. Doesn't appear to be any illness. Laura's wetting and pooing just fine. She is happy and content the rest of the time - just refusing the breast. I'm worried that she'll start wanting the bottle more becuase it's easier... so Jenn (the LC) suggested that next time I try to get her started with a dropper of milk instead of the bottle - so I've got that ready just in case. BUT - if that is the case - I hope this isn't the end of our breastfeeding relationship... starting Monday she'll be getting bottles all day when I'm back to work... We both worked so hard for the first month of her life to get this breastfeeding thing down that I'd hate to have it end sooner rather than later. Jenn told me to definitely call back if Laura keeps refusing the breast.
She's napping now... I wonder if she'll want me when she wakes up ?
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Laura likes shopping at...
LOWES! She loved looking up at all the lights. Very alert the whole time we were there. And what could be better than being held, being walked AND having bright lights all over the place? The girl was in heaven :)
Milk Coma
So yesterday Laura ate and fell right back to sleep... these pictures show her progression of facial expressions during her milk coma!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Look what Laura found!
I fed Laura this morning then left her lying on the pillow because she was falling asleep - I heard a little slurp slurp and looked down to see this...
She takes a pacifier really well now (almost too well!) ...but this would be nice if she could consistently find her thumb because then I wouldn't have to keep going in her room everytime she wakes up as she's trying to fall asleep because she popped her paci out.
She takes a pacifier really well now (almost too well!) ...but this would be nice if she could consistently find her thumb because then I wouldn't have to keep going in her room everytime she wakes up as she's trying to fall asleep because she popped her paci out.
Green Fuzzi Bunz
Did ya'll catch the trend here? I'm trying to get a pic of her in each color dipe, and then whenever I get to making her a scrapbook I want to do a page with her showing off all the colors ... am I ever going to have time to scrap again? :P
Overnights...
This girl is a traveling chick! She is now 10 weeks old and has spent the night in quite a few places besides her own home...
Aunt Megan and Uncle Matt's house
"Aunt" Hannah's house
Grammie and Grampa B's house
Delta Lake cottage
Great Gramma Brown's house (err...aunt ruth I mean!) ha ha ha!
This weekend she's going to be ag Grammie and Grampa B's house again...
We were up to Delta Lake last weekend for Christmas Haven Retreat -
Trying to stay warm ...
She dressed up as a baby Santa ... so here is her first picture of her getting in the Christmas mood...
Mommy and Baby...
She takes a bottle really well - so no worries about that when she has to go to daycare...
Grammie and Grampa B ...
We got to have a surprise visit with Great Gramma Brown... The cottage isn't super warm and since it was supposed to drop to about 9 degrees on Saturday night - dad, me, Laura and the puppies took a trip down to stay with Gramma. She was thrilled that we spent the night with her. When we first got there, Laura was wide awake and happy - sat for probably 15-20 minutes just staring and smiling at her Great Gramma.
Aunt Megan and Uncle Matt's house
"Aunt" Hannah's house
Grammie and Grampa B's house
Delta Lake cottage
Great Gramma Brown's house (err...aunt ruth I mean!) ha ha ha!
This weekend she's going to be ag Grammie and Grampa B's house again...
We were up to Delta Lake last weekend for Christmas Haven Retreat -
Trying to stay warm ...
She dressed up as a baby Santa ... so here is her first picture of her getting in the Christmas mood...
Mommy and Baby...
She takes a bottle really well - so no worries about that when she has to go to daycare...
Grammie and Grampa B ...
We got to have a surprise visit with Great Gramma Brown... The cottage isn't super warm and since it was supposed to drop to about 9 degrees on Saturday night - dad, me, Laura and the puppies took a trip down to stay with Gramma. She was thrilled that we spent the night with her. When we first got there, Laura was wide awake and happy - sat for probably 15-20 minutes just staring and smiling at her Great Gramma.
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