I’m nursing my little chubby baby.
Look at those fat rolls. That means I’m doing a good job. This makes me very happy. I’ve been blessed with a good milk supply and all the time in the world to develop a good nursing relationship with Quinn. I cherish the time I feed her. It’s so special and important to me and I’m so glad I’m able to bond with her this way.
I knew that nursing would be a sacrifice of a lot of things on my part.
Limited alcohol
I have had the occasional Bud Light.
But drinking a 6 pack isn’t in my near future. That’s ok with me.
Spicy foods, no more
I never ate a ton of spicy food to begin with. This isn’t too difficult.
No caffeine
Lord, help us all. I miss my caffeine. I had some caffeine during my pregnancy, but have decided that it’s not good for my baby to be cracked out on diet dr pepper. It’s not really good for me either. I’ll survive.
Lately Quinn has been an angry baby at night. She’s extremely gassy and so uncomfortable she just screams and screams. We give her gripe water, which seems to help. Baby massage… Bicycling her little legs.. But last night she screamed for 4 hours with very little relief for her (or us). This happens pretty regularly, and it can be extremely trying. Matt is usually at work when it happens, but last night he experienced it. One night while he was working it happened from 10pm – 3am. After trying everything, I finally just cried with her. The good news is that once she sleeps after one of these episodes she sleeps for 5-6 hours straight, probably from exhaustion.
I have done lots of research (Dr Google, to the rescue) and have started to analyze my diet. Everything points to one thing–
Milk.
When I was pregnant, we went through 2 gallons of skim milk a week. Milk, and lots of it, was my one and only pregnancy craving. I couldn’t get enough. Now that she’s here I find myself drinking and eating a lot of dairy, much more than I ever have. I look at my tracker and it’s very dairy heavy. I’ve had to face the cold hard truth that I may have to cut way way back or even cut dairy out completely to help our little one be comfortable. This is going to be tough. I plan to talk to her pediatrician when we go next week to see what he thinks.
Anything that makes this go away
And gives us this
I’m all over it.
Until I speak to the pediatrician, I’m cutting back on dairy to see if it helps. I’m also researching breastfeeding menu plans, etc. I need to eat as best as I can to make sure she’s comfortable.
This, not fitting into a swimsuit or my old clothes, will by my driving force.
My focus needs to be on being healthy, and it hasn’t been.
Slowly getting my focus where it needs to be, one day at a time.
