2 Month Well Child Check and (you guessed it) Breastfeeding Continued

Today Cor.ben had his 2 month Well Child Check. He won't be two months old until the 5th, so I'll save all of that for another post. He is 13 lbs 3 oz and 22.5 inches. His doctor said that he's so strong and doing things developmentally that a 4 month old would do. You go boy! He does have a little eczema on his legs, but we expected it because his dad and their family have a strong history of that. I'm just glad it isn't worse and it doesn't bother him. We're just suppose to let him take at least 10 minute baths and apply lotion. We already use hypoallergenic products, so we don't need to worry about adding that into the mix. His reflux is doing amazingly well on the combination of Zan.tac and a little rice cereal in with his milk or formula. (We got off of the Enf.amil AR because it would have broke the bank & his doctor was fine with the rice cereal). However, tomorrow we're going to try cutting out the rice cereal and increasing his medication to a total of 3ml for the day and seeing how he does with that. By 6 months he should be able to get off of the medication. We're doing an alternative vaccine schedule (I'll do another post about that at some point), so today he only got DTaP and he did so good! He did a little cry for 2 seconds and that was it. He's now eating three to four ounces every 3 to 3 1/2 hours during the day and at night he gets up for two feedings, but I suspect that he may start sleeping even longer soon.

I've also just made the expensive decision to switch from Bum.Genius cloth diapers to Fuzzibunz. I tried one on him today and they're just so much better. They fit better, they aren't as bulky, they don't come up as high, and I like the design. Oh well, you live and learn. Not to say anything bad about bum.genius... they work great for my friend's son, just not for mine.

I ended up stopping the Reg.lan to attempt to increase my supply because it made me super sleepy during the day and at night when I would try to go to sleep I would get anxiety attacks. Not fun! Plus I read that it will only work if your prolactin levels are low, which I had checked and they weren't. I finally decided that I needed to stop stressing and feeling so sad about it all and that any amount of breast milk he was able to get was a beneficial blessing. I was getting so down about it that I wanted to completely quit, which is ridiculous! Him getting anything is better than getting nothing if it's not harming me. Buuuuuut, now I have hope again. I have a friend who had her son a month after I had mine. She had an over supply of milk and on top of breastfeeding had a fully stocked freezer! She started exclusively pumping with the same brand of pump that I use (Amed.a) and her supply went down so much that she had to give her son formula. She saw our lactation consultant (whom we both use and rent our pumps from) and the LC told her that the pump is the problem because of the limited cycles it has (or something like that) and that if she was going to exclusively pump (which I pretty much do) she need to switch to the Med.ela Pump in Style. Umm thanks lady! I talked to you several times about my supply issues and you never told me about how important it was to switch pumps! So basically Jenn you were right in everything that you said and hopefully it will work and I will say that I should have listened to you sooner! The super great news is that my sister-in-law just sent me her Med.ela pump! She only used it a few times before she had to stop. So it's basically brand new! What an awesome coincidence that she sent me the same one I need! We asked her for it so we can save on the rental fee that we've been paying. I always assumed that my pump was better than hers because it is hospital grade, but it turns out that hers is better than mine. Oooooh I really hope that this works and that I'm not setting myself up for disappointment again. I just need to practice gratitude and contentment when things are outside of my control. Lord, I really am grateful that I'm able to provide my child with breast milk. I'm so grateful for even the smallest amount that I'm able to give.

I promise that I won't have anymore long posts about my boobs! Whether this new attempt works or not you won't hear more that a little peep about it from me.

Much love and a happy week to you all!