Bye, Bye Milk

Well I never thought I would say it this early, but I am weaning the babies! I have to pump milk for Charlie and that is about 4 hours total per day and night. That extra time just doesn't exist for me! It takes away from holding the babies and playing with Harrison! Not to mention that when I am attached to the machine I can't make sure Harrison is safe, I can't pop a pacifier in a baby's mouth, I could go on and on. I made it almost 2 months so I am going to pat myself on the back. I didn't finalize my decision until I went to my doctor for my 6 week check up. My blood pressure has been really high since having the babies. We assumed it was hormonal but she said it should have gone back to normal and attributed it to stress. She told me that stopping breast feeding would help as well as more sleep (good luck with that one!) The weaning process has been painful. I am on Day 3 now and using cabbage leaves and taking lots of Ibuprofen. I was making so much milk that this is going to take awhile. :( I hate it, but it will all be over soon! The babies seem to be doing fine with the formula and the doctor assured me that the first month was the most important!

My pediatrician's daughter has been coming twice a week from 9 - 2 to help me out. She plays with Harrison and helps me with feedings. Its been a big help! Although I feel like even if I had 2 full time nannies, I would still be busy! I have had lots of wonderful friends and family come visit. They don't realize what a big help this is to me!

Henry is getting soooooo big. Our scales weigh him at over 11 pounds! Charlie is growing well too, over 9 lbs now.

Diapers.com has been wonderful for us. Diapers are priced well and they deliver free in 2 days. They also sell anything and everything you could want for your babies. Now they have a sister site called soap.com. They sell anything you could ever need except food! They have detergent, makeup, toiletries, you name it. Free 2 day shipping. I am so excited. Now if I could just get groceries delivered.......

This weekend I am going to the spa to get my hair done, woo-hoo!!! We are having a movie night with the Leandras. Harrison can't wait to see "Little Hay" (Hayley Leandra). He is going to totally try to kiss her during the movie. Hopefully her daddy doesn't see! :)

Starting to feel more normal....

We are starting to regain some bit of normalcy in our lives! I devised a brilliant plan to get more sleep! Adam and I have both been getting up at the two middle of the night feedings and we each feed a baby. As a result we usually don't get more than a 2 hour stretch (3 if we are lucky). So now, for example, I will start out sleeping upstairs (where its nice and quiet). Adam will take the first feeding and feed both babies. So I can sleep from like 11 til 4. Then I take the 4:00 feeding and we switch beds. That way Adam gets to sleep from about 1 til morning and only has to get up to switch beds. I usually have to wake up at some point in my long stretch to pump a little. I am still breastfeeding. Totally hating the pumping but I am going to hang in there as long as I can! A babysitter/nanny fell into our lap and she starts Tuesday. She will come 2 days a week for a half day and play with Harrison, help me with feedings, diapers, etc. It will be a huge help! Harrison is excited too. Tonight Adam and I are going to get out for a few hours and go to dinner. Hayley, Kim, and Gary are coming over to babysit. The babies are adorable, not too much to report. Henry is getting so big! He is a thick little boy! They seem to have completely different body types. We finally received the sectional for the deck via UPS. It came in like 18 boxes. Poor Adam! The weather last night and this morning was amazing so we have been hanging out there a lot. I am really looking forward to the nice weather, lots of time spent on the deck, playing outside, and walks to the park with my 3 boys!