Saturday, January 10, 2009

Last night Dave and I decided we were going to try to practice how we would handle the nights when Dave goes back to work...the agreement was that he would handle the feedings until midnight and I would handle the ones after that...

Caleb was fussy so we both handled him until he fell asleep around 9:30...then he woke up at 11:00 to eat and Dave fed him for that one. He slept until 3:00, then I got up to feed him...I put him down around 3:30, washed the bottles, pumped, and went to bed around 4:00...then he freakin woke up at 4:30...I fed him, put him down at around 5:15...he got up again at 6:15...I was WAY too tired to feed him so Dave took that one...

I love the fact that he's sleeping a little bit more for that first stretch...hopefully he'll start sleeping more for the other stretches too. We're feeding him 3 oz. at a time now..and it's kind of hit or miss...sometimes he'll finish the whole thing like nothing, other times he'll be a lazy butt and fall asleep without finishing it all. We wasted two bottles last night because he wouldn't drink it all...then at 3:00 and 4:30 he finished both bottles within 20 minutes. I wonder if giving him 4 oz will make him sleep for longer...but I sure don't want to waste any more formula...we are almost through with the big can from Sam's that we bought on Jan. 2...dang!!!! I'm going to ask the doctor if I can take that Fenugreek herb pill to see if that will help me make more milk...a measly .5 ounce per pump is not helping at all!!!

Tomorrow he'll be 4 weeks...and Wednesday he'll be a month. Wow.

2 comments:

hotstones said...

Caleb is growing fast!

Mrs. Tamashiro said...

Ask your doctor about Mother's Milk tea. You'll be dripping. lol. Dave should do a morning feeding too, before he goes to work, so you can sleep in just a bit longer. The first month is the worst. At least you'll be able to stay home for a while longer. That'll be good for both you and Caleb. That bonding time really is precious.