Monday, February 19, 2007

I think I've forgotten how to sleep! My birthday present from Josh was sleep. I fed Jesse as much as humanly possible last night (both sides, then diaper change to wake back up, then both sides again with a lot of poking to keep him awake) and then headed to bed, alone, at 11:30. Josh slept on the couch with Jesse in the swing, with the agreement that he would do whatever necessary until at least 5am. At 5:55 I woke up and sat up straight in bed, confused. Where the heck was the baby? Oh yeah, now I remember. I laid back down and tried to will myself back to sleep. After 20 minutes I gave up and came downstairs to pump. Josh woke up to the pump and stumbled up to bed without speaking. Jesse didn't wake up until 7:45 - I could have slept much longer!! But I seem to have forgotten how to sleep!

Josh said Jesse got up at 3:30 and ate 5oz over an hour and that was it, went back down pretty easily. I got about 5.5oz when I pumped so that's a pretty even trade.

I have a pumping obsession. It's a love/hate thing. I hate pumping, especially at work, but on the other hand when I have a productive session I practically throw a party. I started the week with 14oz in the fridge from last weekend's pumping and worked 3 days (though Wednesday from home due to the snow so I half pumped, half nursed on that day) and ended the week with 12oz to add to the freezer (bringing me to 240oz), so that's not bad at all!

He seems to eat anywhere from 10 to 14oz in a day, which is exactly what he should be eating. Why he's not putting on more weight I just couldn't tell you. He should be about 10 lbs at this point but I think he's a bit shy of that. I'm hoping the 4 month growth spurt kicks in early and hard! We see the doc on 3/9 and I plan to ask for some tests regarding various things that could be causing him to gain less. I feel confident that I have a good supply and that he's eating as he should be, so it must be something else, or nothing.

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I got distracted yesterday and didn't finish this. Then today I spent pacing the floors waiting for news from Rob. I think it's almost more stressful than actually being the one in labor! Anyway, now I'm exhausted from all the worry so I'm just going to send this. I'll catch up next week.