My day started at 2am roughly. Jolynn was half crying, half talking. After getting up every 5-10 min, I decided to just get up. That was about 3am. I fed her, then got today's milk thawed and divided, then pumped. Since she got up earlier than her usual 4am, I was able to catch up on Facebook and blogs. It is now 4:30am. Time to take a shower and get myself ready for work.
I was dressed and ready by 5am. Jolynn started to cry again. Changed her diaper, rocked a little and back to sleep she went. Only to wake up again at 5:30am. I really hope she can get a handle on the gas issue soon. If it is what I am eating, we are in trouble for today (which she hasn't started eating yet) - chili, dips with carrots, green peppers and cucumber, Reese's PB cups, and pickle ham roll-ups. I don't dare go back to sleep because she will just wake up again as soon as I start to get comfortable. Then I feel like I had less sleep than if I were to just stay awake relaxing watching the news.
Jon was nice enough to take her 7am feeding so I could pump one last time. Only thing left to do is pack up her food for today. I really hope I make it through the whole day without crashing.
I dropped off Jolynn at 7:30am. Went over how I had the bottles measured out. Mary pretty much said she had everything covered and shooed me out the door. She said I was welcome to call if I felt like it. As much as I wanted to know how she was doing I didn't want to hear that she had crying fits or wasn't adjusting well. So I didn't call.
Work went well. Lots of people welcoming me back and saying I was missed. A few schools called and didn't even say anything about the fact that I hadn't answered my phone or returned emails in 3 months. Just went on with their questions as if I had never been gone. I dove right in with a project from Matt for composites. It was nice to be kept busy so I didn't think about Jolynn as much. I pumped twice at work, which was a little awkward walking out of the server room with my containers of breast milk. I brought two pictures of Jolynn with me. Everyone expected me to have my cube covered in them.
Jon got off early so he picked up Jolynn. Mary said she was really good and got a lot of attention from the other kids because she was so little. All the kids were in awe of "the little baby". Jon said she was very stimulated today-slept once and then took a 45 min nap close to the end of the day before being picked up. Hopefully she will sleep for a long time tonight.
I would just like to mention how much Jon has taken on for my first day at work.
1. He picked up Jolynn (so I could then go to the grocery store and take care of my Gym membership -that's another story)
2. He was feeding her when I got home.
3. He picked up the living room and stairs and vacuumed both.
4. He just took Jolynn downstairs to her swing.
Time for Momma to relax and recharge for another day.
3 comments:
GOOD JOB, MAMA!!!
I prayed for you and Jolynn all day. It sounds like it was a huge success! I'm so glad it went well.
Wow,
You're so brave. Lots of people say the hardest part is when you have to go back to work. Some say they call almost every hour to check up on their kids.
You seem to have handled it pretty well.
I hope you dont mind me asking. Do you pump before or after a feed? How does the pumping work? I'm thinking that pimping before a feed will leave baby with less milk and pumping after a feed will mean no milk to pump. *so confused*
G-I'm not breastfeeding at all, so all my milk is pumped. I try to pump around the same time as I feed so I get the same amount of "feedings" from pumping. All of the breastfeeding articles I have read say to pump after. You want your baby to take in as much as he can - think of the pumping as left-overs. It is also supposed to increase your production by doing it after.
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