I just feel like Preston is growing so fast! He must be making up for being so tiny when he was born. I haven't weighed him in a few weeks, but I bet he's around 12 pounds now!
We have had a relatively low-key past couple of weeks, which has been okay. I have been working 3 days per week this month. Though it's been going okay, I still really miss being able to be home more with Preston. I really wish I could keep only going 3x per week, but I have to work full-time to get benefits, and that means 39.5 hours minimum per week. Ugh. I suppose I could split that into 4 days of the week and work 10-hour days, but honestly, I think I'd shoot myself. It's hard enough to sit in my interior office in front of a computer for 8 hours straight-- I think I'd go insane if I had to do it for 10, even if I got an extra day off. So alas, Skip will be the part-timer, and I will be the full-timer. I will cherish my evenings and weekends with the boys, though (and maybe squeeze in some time there for myself: i.e. the gym and band...).
We had a busy last weekend, with a fun pizza party at Steph and Mike's on Friday, and Skip's gig on Saturday. Mom and Dad came into town for the show, so us and the Harrisons went over to their hotel to swim and have... more pizza! I'm officially pizza-ed out for a little while! Nancy and Jim decided last minute to come up, too, so we all piled into the van for Skip's show. Halo of Dionysus did a great job, and there was a good turnout. I think they were pleased as to how their first official show as a cohesive group went. On Sunday, we were visited by aunt Mary, so that was nice, too.
By later Sunday evening, both Preston and I were starting to feel pretty crappy. He was running a fever and my stomach was killing me, so we weren't fun. We focused on Preston and gave him some tylenol which brought his fever down, but he was still pretty fussy until he went down for the night. By about 10:30, I was throwing up, and it continued each hour until about 3 am. Yucky. I felt like *butt*. By the morning, Preston was still a little feverish, and I was down for the count, so we literally slept the day away in bed. I think we got out just to go to the bathroom and change diapers. He was okay by Tuesday, but I'm only just today feeling back to normal. I have no idea what kind of bug that was, but it sucked!
I think being sick and the stress from returning to work, however, reduced my milk supply temporarily. Preston and I haven't really been on the same page with all of that all week, and last night it came to a grinding halt. He just couldn't get anything out. He was absolutely hysterical. We were lucky that we had a little bit of formula left, since we only had enough pumped milk in the freezer for today while I'm at work, so we gave him the formula and he was fine. I felt so terrible, though, that I couldn't make anything come out for him. I was pretty upset. We have essentially gone through our freezer stash of milk, because I haven't been pumping as much this week (due to being sick, and also meetings at work that have prevented me a pumping session twice this week, urgh...). So this weekend I will be doing some "super pumping" in order to get our stash back up. It's not an option to run out, since it's the way Preston is fed when I'm not there! We may also have to buy some formula to have on hand, just in case. I've been reassured (though I still am working through it) by enough people now to not feel guilty for having to give him formula. If it's what he needs, then it's okay. I just wish my body would keep up with this growing boy!!
Tonight we are meeting up with some friends from church for drinks, and then tomorrow is Nursing/Pumping Day of America... Sunday we are meeting Dwyers in Lake Geneva for lunch, so that should be a good time, too!
Skip took his boards on Wednesday...... Still waiting to see the results.....
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