And the plot thickens...
After taking Soren to the doctor, we started the Zantac and it seems to be helping. Or he is better and it's doing nothing. Hard to say at this point. (When you start reading and find out that things like growth spurts can cause major fussiness, it is easy to question the conclusions that you're barely certain of to begin with!)
On Sunday, Stephan and Eisley took care of some long overdue grocery shopping and Soren and I actually napped for a few hours. It is hard for me to do that when I feel like there are things that I would like to do. But since my body has started to present some of the same symptoms of exhaustion that I had with Eisley, I chose to "do" sleep. There is some combination of water intake, sleep, and food intake that I need in order to feel well and keep up with the demands of breastfeeding on my body. When the balance is not being met, I have headaches, pain in my teeth and, of course, extreme fatigue. When it's really bad, my joints and bones ache from within--and thankfully we aren't there yet. Despite the rest, by Sunday evening, I felt like the weekend hadn't been very restful since it was spent just trying to catch up. I began to feel a little bit of dread over the coming week. I thought of how long Monday through Friday by myself seemed. What would we do, how I would I make it each day? Right about now I really wish Stephan had a job that allowed him to work from home more and didn't require so much face time from him. But...that's not going to change right now. :-)
Monday came in so sweetly, but quickly changed into quite the storm. Soren and I had a peaceful morning, and Eisley just kept sleeping and sleeping. I finally got up, got dressed, and put make up on(!) while Soren chilled in his pack'n'play. Finally, he had been up for a while, so I decided to try to get him to sleep before Eisley woke up. And I even got brave...around 10:30, I put him down drowsy, but not asleep and he went to sleep! This is pretty unknown in our house. I went in and checked on Eisley, and she was definitely sleeping. So, I called my parents. I wanted to find out if they might be coming early so that I could keep my doctor's appointment on Friday, since Stephan can't get away to watch Eisley. It was funny because my mom thought I was calling to plea for help. Ironically, at that moment, I felt pretty good about things. But we did decide that my mom could come early on Thursday to help out. And let me tell you, we weren't going to turn her down!
But then, everything changed. Both of my kids woke up at 11:00--still unprecedented for Eisley. Soren woke up rather fussy, needing to poo and quite gassy, though I misread him at first for just being hungry. He was a mess! I had to go in to get Eisley up, while nursing Soren. I then gave her a juice box and a bowl of cheerios, no milk and turned on her cartoons. I then spent the next 2-3 hours trying to get Soren to sleep. Throughout the afternoon, I barely had spare hands to make lunch for me and Eisley...which wasn't until 2:00! Soren only slept 30 minutes or so at a time...and that was only twice, I think! By evening, I realized that his nose was actually kind of stuffy, which was preventing him from sleeping very well. And...in turn, prevented Stephan and me from sleeping very well last night. I felt so bad for the kid, but barely slept longer than an hour at a time. And Stephan couldn't sleep so well either because he could hear poor Soren just snorting and sniffling all night.
Today, Eisley woke up at a normal time, which was fine. Soren resisted going back to sleep before I could get to her, but I decided to get smart today and put him in my ErgoBaby carrier. He actually fell asleep in there a couple of times today and benefitted from sleeping upright. Plus, he took several decent naps on his own. It was quite a relief from the never-ending mayhem from yesterday. And Soren's congestion was slightly better--another blessing.
But the plot has thickened in the case of my health. Today I felt that things were perhaps not quite right with my stitches. Without going into the details, I decided to call my doctor to see if I could get in tomorrow. I was told that there was no availability, but left a message for my OB with my symptoms. I received a call back later asking me to come back in. I seem to be having another infection (or resurgence of the previous one) and my stitches also seem to be having issues.
The good news is that my mom is coming back to help us tomorrow night. Hopefully we won't really need any extra help because I will be fine, but we are glad that she'll be here nonetheless.
On Sunday, Stephan and Eisley took care of some long overdue grocery shopping and Soren and I actually napped for a few hours. It is hard for me to do that when I feel like there are things that I would like to do. But since my body has started to present some of the same symptoms of exhaustion that I had with Eisley, I chose to "do" sleep. There is some combination of water intake, sleep, and food intake that I need in order to feel well and keep up with the demands of breastfeeding on my body. When the balance is not being met, I have headaches, pain in my teeth and, of course, extreme fatigue. When it's really bad, my joints and bones ache from within--and thankfully we aren't there yet. Despite the rest, by Sunday evening, I felt like the weekend hadn't been very restful since it was spent just trying to catch up. I began to feel a little bit of dread over the coming week. I thought of how long Monday through Friday by myself seemed. What would we do, how I would I make it each day? Right about now I really wish Stephan had a job that allowed him to work from home more and didn't require so much face time from him. But...that's not going to change right now. :-)
Monday came in so sweetly, but quickly changed into quite the storm. Soren and I had a peaceful morning, and Eisley just kept sleeping and sleeping. I finally got up, got dressed, and put make up on(!) while Soren chilled in his pack'n'play. Finally, he had been up for a while, so I decided to try to get him to sleep before Eisley woke up. And I even got brave...around 10:30, I put him down drowsy, but not asleep and he went to sleep! This is pretty unknown in our house. I went in and checked on Eisley, and she was definitely sleeping. So, I called my parents. I wanted to find out if they might be coming early so that I could keep my doctor's appointment on Friday, since Stephan can't get away to watch Eisley. It was funny because my mom thought I was calling to plea for help. Ironically, at that moment, I felt pretty good about things. But we did decide that my mom could come early on Thursday to help out. And let me tell you, we weren't going to turn her down!
But then, everything changed. Both of my kids woke up at 11:00--still unprecedented for Eisley. Soren woke up rather fussy, needing to poo and quite gassy, though I misread him at first for just being hungry. He was a mess! I had to go in to get Eisley up, while nursing Soren. I then gave her a juice box and a bowl of cheerios, no milk and turned on her cartoons. I then spent the next 2-3 hours trying to get Soren to sleep. Throughout the afternoon, I barely had spare hands to make lunch for me and Eisley...which wasn't until 2:00! Soren only slept 30 minutes or so at a time...and that was only twice, I think! By evening, I realized that his nose was actually kind of stuffy, which was preventing him from sleeping very well. And...in turn, prevented Stephan and me from sleeping very well last night. I felt so bad for the kid, but barely slept longer than an hour at a time. And Stephan couldn't sleep so well either because he could hear poor Soren just snorting and sniffling all night.
Today, Eisley woke up at a normal time, which was fine. Soren resisted going back to sleep before I could get to her, but I decided to get smart today and put him in my ErgoBaby carrier. He actually fell asleep in there a couple of times today and benefitted from sleeping upright. Plus, he took several decent naps on his own. It was quite a relief from the never-ending mayhem from yesterday. And Soren's congestion was slightly better--another blessing.
But the plot has thickened in the case of my health. Today I felt that things were perhaps not quite right with my stitches. Without going into the details, I decided to call my doctor to see if I could get in tomorrow. I was told that there was no availability, but left a message for my OB with my symptoms. I received a call back later asking me to come back in. I seem to be having another infection (or resurgence of the previous one) and my stitches also seem to be having issues.
The good news is that my mom is coming back to help us tomorrow night. Hopefully we won't really need any extra help because I will be fine, but we are glad that she'll be here nonetheless.
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