Today, for the most part, was kind of awful! Only getting 5 hours of sleep total can only mean bad things. And, poor Cael, is still sick. He was too stuffy to nurse this morning, so we had to use the bulb sucker thingy quite a bit. Which made Mr. Baby very angry! Then, he went on an all out nursing strike. Like would scream whenever I tried to nurse him. So after 4 hours of this, I called his doctor, who had us come in. Which has a huge hassle in of itself, since we only have one car. Damian had to rush home and then I had to take him right back to work before I could head to the ped.'s office. We were thinking it might be an ear infection, but both ears looked okay, so who knows what's going on. I did find out though that he weighs a whooping 12lbs 4oz!
Anyway, today was rough, and I really wish that we don't have too many days like this. Or, if we do, if I could at least get a little more sleep before having to deal with them would be nice!
My precious baby boy is 7 weeks old! It has gone by so fast! Cael is getting so big, so quickly, makes me a little sad. He is smiling and cooing. Cael is totally a Mama's boy, and I wouldn't have it any other way! He totally is amazed by his big sister, and will stare at her for as long as he can (she normally bounces away before he tires of looking at her, Isabel just can't stay still for very long!). I'm not sure if he's made up his mind on Damian yet though. He gives Damian some pretty grumpy looks sometimes!
We're still trying to work out a sleep schedule, and some nights are better than others. The average is about 2.5hours inbetween feedings at night. He eats like a little glutton, which would explain how well he's growing!
Cael currently has his first cold, which all of us have passed around these past 2 weeks. He's a little frustrated with the stuffy nose. Poor baby!
We are so blessed to have him here, and I am loving every moment of it!
(Picture or two will be added later, I promise!)
So, Monday was my big 6 weeks postpartum check up. I was all dreading it because the one after Isabel was awful. But, my O.B., whom I adore, is much less, um, nosy than my previous doctor, and it ended up being no big deal. Yay! I've healed up quite nicely, I suppose.
However, I did get the bummer news that the medicine I use to control my Insulin Resistance/PCOS is unsafe to use while breastfeeding. So, It'll be at least a year before I can go back on it. Therefore, I MUST control it with my diet. So, I am letting all my faithful blog readers (yes, all 3 of you *wink*) know that if you see me eating an empty carbs, please yell at me! I'm not suppose to eat anything white, no pasta, white bread, potatoes, rice, etc. So, it'll be really boring eating for me for the next year! The upside is though, if I have any hope to lose any of this baby weight, I must watch my carb intake anyways. That's a by-product of the I.R. Impossible to lose weight if your insulin is all screwed up!
So, hopefully putting this all out here will help give me extra motivation to be very diligent!
Isabel finally had her first haircut at almost 4 years old! She needed one badly, her poor hair was very tangly! So we had a family haircut day! Isabel got about 2 inches off, I chopped about 5 or 6 inches, and Damian got his normal! and Cael slept through it all!
I apologize for the pictures, Damian was in charge of taking them!
Random picture of me
Isabel before:
and After. The stylist braided her hair before any of us got to see her haircut!
We did a photoshoot with my sister-in-law's "Host Mom" Michelle (from when she was an exchange student) on Wednesday. Here are some of the first pictures she posted online. I love them! Thanks so much to Michelle! I can't wait to see the rest of them!
Thanks to Gwen for the cute baseball outfit!