Last night we had a pretty fussy baby. I was thinking it was just gas at first, but then Mason kept spitting out the pacifier so I fed him twice in less than 2 hours. After the second feeding, he fell asleep and I put him to bed around 8:30. He then slept for 5 hours!! Carter and I both woke up and were shocked! For a second I was worried thinking he wasn't breathing, but then he started to stir and woke up to eat. He was up then again around 3:30 and then his last time at 6:30. Normally I would put him back down and sleep until around 9:30 but he was pretty awake and I decided I would go ahead and get ready for the day. We planned on meeting daddy for lunch, so it was a good idea to go ahead and get a jump start on the day.
After getting ready and having breakfast, I nursed him from 9:30 to 10 and then we headed out. I figured since I had extra time on my hands that we would go and surprise Nannie at her office before lunch with daddy. Mason and I walked in and my mom was so shocked! I think she even teared up. She was so happy to show off her grandson. After spending some time there, we headed to daddy's work so he could show off his little guy. Mason got to meet everyone at daddy's office and then we walked to Chile Burrito for lunch. It was so nice to be outside having lunch with my family. It will definitly become a weekly outing (maybe even several times a week). Afterwards we headed home, nursed and then visited with John and Tabitha.
I have to say getting out of the house is CRUCIAL for my sanity. When I am home all day long, I obsess about when he needs to be fed, doing housework around his schedule and I think I just worry more in general because there is nothing else to focus on. If I'm out and about, all I think about is what time he needs to eat, and just make sure I'm home for that. It's like the rest falls in place.
Nursing today was much easier. I tried reclining all the way back in my glider (practically laying down) and it made such a difference. Normally I am just reclined with the footrest up, but this time I pushed all the way back. Mason was pretty much laying on top of me, but he was able to nurse without having such a huge gush of milk. It's all about working with gravity! I have started to notice that I am only leaking now in the beginning of the feeding when I am really full, so hand expressing before feedings should really help. I think I just need to express more than what I'm currently doing.
I promise soon my blogs will be more than just nursing, but heck, my kid is 3 weeks old tomorrow, and pretty much all he does is sleep and nurse, and there's nothing really to talk about in regards to his sleep. Soon he'll be awake more and actually playing and I'll have something more interesting to blog about other than my boobs. I'm not to worried about it though, I'm sure men aren't reading my blog and it's mostly other moms that likely appreciate reading about my craziness and struggles with nursing. Talking about it makes us all feel a little more sane, something I know from my sister Chrissy and best friend Robin. It's theraputic.
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