HOLY HELL….
1. brayden is officially off the boob.
1a. OMG THAT IS PAINFUL… WILL THIS EVER END. I STOPPED ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK. IT’S TUESDAY NIGHT AND I AM STILL IN SO MUCH PAIN THAT I DON’T EVEN WANT TO GO FOR A RIDE IN THE CAR BECAUSE THE BUMPS ARE LIKE A CRUEL JOKE. SO PAINFUL. SO SO SO PAINFUL. WHEN WILL IT END!! i thought i was drying up anyway because he wasn’t getting enough from me durring the day but my sister said that even if you don’t have much milk that you will just take longer to fill up and reach the point of engourgement before it will begin to dry up for real. (this makes sence because i quit thursday and the pain didn’t really sink in till saturday night) sunday was AWFUL and yesterday had to be the peak of pain. today is only a SMIDGE better.
to make matters worse:
2. brayden is teething AND SICK. he wants nobody but me and can not be happy… he twists and pushes and… all i can say is with every jerk and movement he makes… OWWWWWW for me and my boobies.
2a. the teeth part… they finally broke through today so hopefully that is on the upside now. but…
2b. this is the first time in my life i’ve had a sick baby and i feel so helpless i don’t know what to do for him. he just whines, cries, sleeps and produces snot. any attempt to get him to play or laugh yeilds more crying. wiping his nose=crying=more boogies=more wiping=more crying… you get the idea. this is so hard… there’s nothing i can do for him but give him tylenol, orajel and a hug. that’s all i have for him. he looks so miserable. 
i can’t even make it better. argh!
dieting has been A LITTLE better since i quit nursing… wonder if it really did make me that much more hungry or if i’ve just been preoccupied with brayden being sick. hopefully just better. the problem is that i used to diet on like 1800 calories and it just doesn’t feel like enough with the hours i keep now… i have a reallyh hard time going under 2100… wondering if i’ll be able to lose at that with the changes my body has gone through over the last year and a half. there are girls on here with that calorie range who are very thin so i’m hoping that is a possibility for me now. any thoughts welcome and appreciated.
November 3, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Oh gosh, I remember the dreaded weaning stage… and I had to go through it three different times! Although, it’s not much of a consolation now, it actually does get better with each child. But the first one is the worst!
You should feel better each day now. You have the worst part behind you (unless you get mastitis(sp?) which is a clogged milk duct. But you will know it if it happens. The area gets very red, hot to the touch, swollen, and you will get feverish. I had it with my first one.
There is nothing more horrible than having an unhappy/sick/hurt child and not being able to make it all go away for them! I feel for you! The best advice I can give is to elevate him when he’s sleeping (with your doctors okay). My doctor had me put a pillow underneath the crib mattress so that it raised the bed slightly and made it easier for my little one(s) to breathe, but by putting the pillow under the mattress (between the mattress and the springs) and not under the baby, you take away the hazard of them accidentally suffocating on the pillow.
Also, getting a vaporizer helps a lot! you can put some liquid vicks in it and it helps open the nasal passages and airways.
I hope this helps! And don’t forget to take care of yourself too! You don’t want to get sick.