My first mother's day was very nice. Grandma Sanderson watched Landon so that I could get a good nights rest, which was better than anything she could have bought me! Earlier in the week Andy and I had been out shopping in Toledo and he said that this was his only opportunity to shop so he wanted to get me something. I gave him a list of things that I wanted and he got me an iPod Nano, which is yellow (my favorite color). I kept teasing him that Mother's Day is before Father's Day and what he gets me determines what he gets...I guess I have to get him something nice now!
Last week I started back to work. Now, don't worry I am only working 5 or so hours a week and family are watching Landon. In fact tonight is the first time Andy will have Landon for more than 3 hours. He has called reinforcements (his parents) to help and he really hopes that they can make it! The only difficult thing is getting out the door for work, it takes forever! I am sure I will not feel the same when I go back to work in Findlay where Landon will be going to a childcare provider's home...that maybe more difficult. At least I have a month and a half until I have to worry about that!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
I'm updating already!!!
OK, since I kept being told that it has been forever since I updated here goes:
Today was Landon's 1 month check-up, I cannot believe it has been a month already! He is 8 lbs 2 oz and 20.25 inches, the doctor says he is gaining over an once a day which is very good.
This last month has been very stressful as far as feeding Landon. I started in the hospital nursing him and ran into some difficulties as far as Landon being weak and tongue tied. Well the tongue tied saga continued since the last time I talked about it. It turns out that the other ENT doctor in the practice heard about Landon's case and had his office call and schedule the procedure. So a week ago Landon got his tongue clipped, and all went well. Since it hsa been a month I was hesitant to start attempting to nurse again especially since I am not producing enough milk for a feeding...so I continue to pump.
Lately though pumping has begun to get tiring and difficult to do when Landon gets upset and I am the only one home. Sometimes it is 12-15 hours between pumping and I am only producing about 1 once every 2 hours. I talked to the doctor today (who by the way is a speaker for Similac) who says that if I am hating it to stop. Andy talked to other nurses today and we have decided that I will continue to pump when I think about it and want to and when I dry up, I dry up. As it is Landon is only getting about 3-4 bottles of breast milk a day now.
The good news is I finally can fit into pre-maternity fat pants! I have one pair of jeans that fit, I have lost about 30 lbs (obviously I gained a little more than suggested) but have a few more to go. Andy says we are going to work on our "dun lap" problem together. (Our belly's 'dun lap' over our pants)
My goal is to get the photos off of our camera soon...so more pictures coming I promise!
Today was Landon's 1 month check-up, I cannot believe it has been a month already! He is 8 lbs 2 oz and 20.25 inches, the doctor says he is gaining over an once a day which is very good.
This last month has been very stressful as far as feeding Landon. I started in the hospital nursing him and ran into some difficulties as far as Landon being weak and tongue tied. Well the tongue tied saga continued since the last time I talked about it. It turns out that the other ENT doctor in the practice heard about Landon's case and had his office call and schedule the procedure. So a week ago Landon got his tongue clipped, and all went well. Since it hsa been a month I was hesitant to start attempting to nurse again especially since I am not producing enough milk for a feeding...so I continue to pump.
Lately though pumping has begun to get tiring and difficult to do when Landon gets upset and I am the only one home. Sometimes it is 12-15 hours between pumping and I am only producing about 1 once every 2 hours. I talked to the doctor today (who by the way is a speaker for Similac) who says that if I am hating it to stop. Andy talked to other nurses today and we have decided that I will continue to pump when I think about it and want to and when I dry up, I dry up. As it is Landon is only getting about 3-4 bottles of breast milk a day now.
The good news is I finally can fit into pre-maternity fat pants! I have one pair of jeans that fit, I have lost about 30 lbs (obviously I gained a little more than suggested) but have a few more to go. Andy says we are going to work on our "dun lap" problem together. (Our belly's 'dun lap' over our pants)
My goal is to get the photos off of our camera soon...so more pictures coming I promise!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Another week under our belt
Well, I guess things are about the same. Landon continues to be a very good baby, except for two occasions. Two nights ago at 3am he screamed for 2 hours this happened again last night between 10pm-12am. We have decided that it was due to constipation. Landon poos a lot and we noticed that before both screaming fits he had not pooped in the past 2-3 diapers. Luckily it doesn't happen too often, but at least we know what is probably going on.
Friday, April 10, 2009
The first week....
Andy and I our very lucky to be blessed with such a good boy. We got home from the hospital on Friday the 3rd and we realized that Landon likes to sleep a lot. Because of his size I had difficulty getting him to latch for breastfeeding. I used a shield to assist, but by Saturday Landon was not having it. I decided to continue pumping and feeding him by bottle. Now, I know this is my first child, but pumping and feeding by a bottle is not fun and is a lot of work. I am going to try to get him to latch once he has gained some more weight.
Sleeping has been interesting, I have spent every night sleeping in the recliner with Landon. We could not understand why he would sleep in the swing and bouncer but not his bed. We decided to go to Babys-R-Us and buy a sleep positioner to elevate Landon's head when he sleeps. Well, we are extremely happy with the results. Landon slept in his bed the entire night, in fact I had to wake him for his 3am feeding (I am so used to waking up at that time, I woke up on my own). It was so nice to be able to straighten out my legs and I don't even mind being up for 2 evening feedings!
Today, we went to a ENT doctor because Landon is Tongue Tied. The doctor was very nice, he knows Andy from the hospital and was very good at giving us what research says about being tongue tied. He stated that it is the result of his tongue not growing long enough. The plan is to wait and see if there are any difficulties and possibly do a simple surgery when Landon is 2 years old. I am just glad we were able to see a specialists (there was a turf war at the hospital between the lactation consultants and the pediatricians).
Overall, it has been an eventful week and we have learned a lot about having a baby and about ourselves!
Sleeping has been interesting, I have spent every night sleeping in the recliner with Landon. We could not understand why he would sleep in the swing and bouncer but not his bed. We decided to go to Babys-R-Us and buy a sleep positioner to elevate Landon's head when he sleeps. Well, we are extremely happy with the results. Landon slept in his bed the entire night, in fact I had to wake him for his 3am feeding (I am so used to waking up at that time, I woke up on my own). It was so nice to be able to straighten out my legs and I don't even mind being up for 2 evening feedings!
Today, we went to a ENT doctor because Landon is Tongue Tied. The doctor was very nice, he knows Andy from the hospital and was very good at giving us what research says about being tongue tied. He stated that it is the result of his tongue not growing long enough. The plan is to wait and see if there are any difficulties and possibly do a simple surgery when Landon is 2 years old. I am just glad we were able to see a specialists (there was a turf war at the hospital between the lactation consultants and the pediatricians).
Overall, it has been an eventful week and we have learned a lot about having a baby and about ourselves!
Labor...
OK so I know this is really late, but I am a new mother and have gotten behind on my sleep. Here is the progression of what happened a little over a week ago:
Monday, March 30th
7:00pm, I was admitted into the hospital to start being induced.
9:00pm, they started some medication that would start softening the cervix.
Tuesday, March 31st
9:00am, a new medicine was introduced that would actually start the labor.
12:00pm, the doctor broke my water in hopes of helping me progress more. This was very painful for me and they gave me a medication that knocked me out.
Around 1:00pm, I broke down and got my epidural. Andy had asked one of the doctors to do it for me. It was nice to have someone that I knew poke me in the back. A couple of years ago Edgar had a gathering at his house where I met him (he lives a few streets over from us).
Around 3:00pm, contractions were not progressing, the doctor decided to start changing my positions to help.
Around 6:00pm, progression still has not occurred
Around 9:00pm, doctor starts talking about having a C-section if progression does not start.
Around 11:00pm, I finally get to 6cm!
Wednesday, April 1st
Around 12:00am, doctor decides to continue with vaginal birth since I was now about 7 cm.
Around 1:00am, Its time to push!!!
1:51am - Landon is here!!!
Monday, March 30th
7:00pm, I was admitted into the hospital to start being induced.
9:00pm, they started some medication that would start softening the cervix.
Tuesday, March 31st
9:00am, a new medicine was introduced that would actually start the labor.
12:00pm, the doctor broke my water in hopes of helping me progress more. This was very painful for me and they gave me a medication that knocked me out.
Around 1:00pm, I broke down and got my epidural. Andy had asked one of the doctors to do it for me. It was nice to have someone that I knew poke me in the back. A couple of years ago Edgar had a gathering at his house where I met him (he lives a few streets over from us).
Around 3:00pm, contractions were not progressing, the doctor decided to start changing my positions to help.
Around 6:00pm, progression still has not occurred
Around 9:00pm, doctor starts talking about having a C-section if progression does not start.
Around 11:00pm, I finally get to 6cm!
Wednesday, April 1st
Around 12:00am, doctor decides to continue with vaginal birth since I was now about 7 cm.
Around 1:00am, Its time to push!!!
1:51am - Landon is here!!!
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