Breastfeeding 101 and John in Time Out

Things have been crazy in our household the last few weeks. I have been recovering from the c-section, establishing breastfeeding, and sleep deprived. Alice got sick with a fever that never broke for a week along with a cough and congestion. I could tell I reached a new parenting low when at our third visit that week the pediatrician told me she had an ear infection. All I could think of was "Yahoo antibiotics!" Unfortunately, I said the same thing the next day when my doctor diagnosed me with an ear infection, a sinus infection and pink eye.



Despite all the clingy whininess and sleep deprivation, there have been moments of utter hilarity mixed in which made it all semi manageable. Here are a few examples of what I mean:

• After eating dinner John and I were chatting before our respective "clean up" jobs (his the child and mine the dishes). Alice hopped up on her chair with her new Cat in the Hat stuffed animal. She lifted up her shirt, put the Cat in the Hat to her breast area, and then made yummy noises. John and I looked at each other stunned. Our toddler was breastfeeding her Cat in the Hat!

• Alice and I have been coloring together for a good portion of each day. While we were coloring, Angela woke for a feeding. Despite a long time at the breast, she became fussy when I took her off for a burp. I looked at her and said, "Sweetie, you couldn't possibly still be hungry!" Alice stopped coloring, lifted her shirt and held out her arms for her sister telling me that she would "feed Angela." Oh if only...

• John came out to the sounds of Alice crying over something ready to assist me. When she saw her father, she pushed him back into his office and told him, "Go to your house and get on the phone."

Thankfully both Alice and I are on the mend. I hope to start writing here again regularly- if only for my sanity.

Pardon this Interruption

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. It certainly has not been due to lack of material! Someone decided to evict herself from her cramped uterine lodging about four weeks early. I have forgotten how mind bending (and brain frying) life with a newborn can be. I will post again when my synapses stop misfiring due to lack of sleep.