It’s been a tough couple of weeks. Really, we can’t believe it’s only been a couple of weeks. Owen has been super fussy during the day and at least he was sleeping through the night, bit he’s not anymore! Bryan was sleeping with him in the basement, but he got sick, so I took over a few days. We decided to move him to the bedroom because neither of us was keen on sleeping down there. He never stays asleep the first time I put him down though, so I’ve been sleeping with him on his crib mattress on the floor :-/ it’s about as comfortable as it sounds. And he still much rather sleep with me in the chair. Me too baby, me too. Chair’s more dangerous though. Oh yeah, then I was sick. Not long, but it was the first sick day I ever took.
At his last Dr appt, Owen hadn’t gained quite enough weight, so I’m almost glad he wakes up to feed more often now. We’ve also been giving him some bottles during the day, though it’s hard to balance that with making sure he’s still breastfeeding well do my milk supply doesn’t decrease even more. He’s very impatient.
We saw the lactation consultant again who insisted his tongue tie reattached. The dentist basically told us she’s crazy, that can’t happen. Wherever, didn’t want to put him through that procedure again anyways. Just frustrating when there’s no clear cut answer. As a control freak, this dives me crazy.
So yeah, things have been a little rough. On top of all that, I actually have to work and breastfeed and pump after I breastfeed while working but staying relaxed so the milk will flow. This is why people give their babies formula.
This is going to sound judgmental, but I don’t care. You’re family and I say this out of love: Supplement his feed. Put aside your pride and supplement his feed. I’ve been there and as soon as we needed to supplement, I did it. It sucks, but formula isn’t necessarily as evil as breast beasts and nipple nazis make it out to be.
Oh dear. I am so sorry the year has been rough so far. It sounds like you have a newborn on your hands, but you don’t. What the heck is going on?! I’m so sorry you’re having to go through all this AND then have to work on top of it all. Hard hard hard. I’m sending positive vibes your way!!
I absolutely LOVE the froggy picture! When you posted it on Facebook I laughed so hard. I showed Peter and he totally thought it was photoshopped. Love it. You have a silly baby :D
Being inexperienced (although you know I will soon learn) I don’t know if this makes any sense at all, but I’m going to throw it out there.
My friend was having a similar problem (fussy baby, baby wasn’t getting enough milk for some reason when on the boob etc).
She just pumped like crazy and stored the milk and bottle fed him the breastmilk. Maybe you could try that?
He won’t sleep in the crib on his own still?
Poor mama! Let me know if you need any help (I need practice anyways :) )