Saturday, October 29, 2011

2 Weeks

It's already been two weeks since our baby boy arrived.  Tommy really is such a good baby and very rarely is upset except if he has gas or is hungry, guess that makes sense. :)  He is sleeping about 4 hour chunks at night which is great (except for last night, growth spurt?).  Even with Tommy being so wonderful and my mom being here to help out, I struggled with some new mommy sadness for a few days, but luckily I am feeling a lot better the last two days.  I hope that continues.  I absolutely loved having my mom here to help out with Claire and Tommy and to just chat with.  We even visited a few of the church history sites which is always fun.  What am I going to do without my mom to help out and with Jacob going back to work full days next week?!  I guess I will figure it out.  Claire has had a rough time with the transition to being a big sister.  She is very whiny and doesn't listen very well.  She seems to be teething her two-year old molars so I think she doesn't feel well, so I am trying to be patient with her as we all have to adjust to the new change. 

One issue I didn't anticipate was struggling with nursing so much.  This is probably TMI, but Tommy tore my nipples up so badly that even the lactation specialist I saw was appalled.  It had been two weeks of awful pain nursing the little guy and the recommendations the lactation specialist had for me to help heal were not working.  I contacted another specialist and she really didn't have any solutions for me as well.  It was so painful to nurse Tommy that I dreaded feeding times and showering because the spray from the shower even hurt so badly.  His suck was so strong that he kept tearing off the scabs that were trying to heal.  Finally I decided (with lots of encouragement from my mom, Jacob, and my sister Beth) that I needed to just pump and feed Tommy the milk I produced with a bottle.  I really didn't want to because I actually enjoyed nursing Claire and I think it is a sweet thing, but something had to change.  It has only been two days, but I feel so much better, it seems to be the right decision.


Love my little babies!  Claire and Tommy.

Tommy around 10days-ish

My mom and Tommy.  So sad she left...tear!

Tommy at 2 weeks.  He likes to sleep through tummy time.
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  1. MeganOctober 30, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    So adorable! He's a cutie. So sorry to hear about nursing. It took me over a month for it to not hurt with Bella. Not as bad as you, but it did hurt when I showered. Sometimes you just have to do what's easiest for you in those cases.

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  2. C TamOctober 30, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    ack, that is tough about the nursing issue. I am glad we have options these days to pump. If you want to still go back and forth between bottle and breast later when the scabs have healed (btw yes, your issues do sound horrific), most babies can re-learn to accept the breast even up until age 6 mos. or so, if I recall correctly from my readings a couple years back. One of my friends had to stop breastfeeding her son when he was a couple months old as she took a medication, and then they restarted later.

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  3. The MillersOctober 31, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    I can't believe how adorable he is! I wish I could see him in person. Oh man, the nursing sounds awful! I hope everything works out. Ty went back and forth from a bottle to the breast with no problem. Sounds like Tommy is a good eater though. Boys! Got to love their appetites.

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