Michelle is the poster child for her Bum Genius 3.0 cloth diapers!
We finally got out for a little hike on Saturday to Red Butte. A nice hike up to "the living room", a trail head 15 minutes away from my Dad's house. Ahhh yes. THIS is what we were missing!
I have worked two 12-hour shifts now. They went great for me, but after Sunday, Michelle totally decompensated that night. I took her to bed with me and she literally was stuck to my boobs all night long! When I would pull away to lie on my back and sleep, she would crawl up on me, pound on my chest and scream. Yes. POUND ON MY CHEST AND SCREAM!!! NOT an exaggeration. NO ONE slept that night. Apparently she suffered a head bonk just before bed on Sunday and with mommy gone all day, that was the final straw. After we got back to the "mommy and me" show on Monday, sleep got back to "normal" again, but since she nursed all night long on Sunday, that signaled my body to produce more milk and by yesterday morning, I was suffering from engorgement and clogged ducts. After a warm shower last night, Ibuprofen and Michelle GENTLY nursing on the affected side last night, we seem to be in the clear this morning.
So many are asking "Why not just wean her now? you are going back to work long days, and she is doing great with solids." Simply this. We are not ready. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding for at least a year and I am committed to that. The World Health Organization recommends until 2 years old! Parenting is not easy. I never thought it would be. My breastfeeding challenges are just that: parenting challenges. Like teaching your kid to play nice, go to bed, share, not throw food, sometimes as parents we just have to suck it up and deal with the challenge and follow through. I work 3 days a week. That gives Michelle 4 days a week to breastfeed direct from the source. We mutually enjoy this time together and neither one of us is ready to give it up. Plus, my work is very accommodating of my needs to pump during the day. There is absolutely no reason to give it up right now. Period.
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I love the commitment! I lasted a little over 3 months but stopped about a month after I was back to work because I had all these ideas about how much time I was missing at work when I was pumping. Nobody ever had anything negative to say, it was just what I thought others would think of me. It's so ridiculous now when I look back on it! I was so traumatized by what having a baby would do to my career that I went back to work early, 8 weeks, and didn't just enjoy my time off with Sophia. It's hard to admit how crazy I can be. Keep it up!
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