Wait no Monday?

[colinsfebmommy]

No Monday today!?!? Where is everyone?

[ldubhawksfan]

Tired Monday.

[colinsfebmommy]

ldubhawksfan, clearly tired it is

[ldubhawksfan]

It's overcast and feels like fall so I'm getting soup for lunch.

Went to a first bday yesterday and am now super excited about planning DD's. They went way over board, IMO, but I'm excited for the smash cake and cute outfit, and friends and family!!

[sunfrogger88]

Hiiiii. I'm exhausted.

[sunfrogger88]

I want soup ldubhawksfan yum

[littleredfish]

We did playgroup this morning. Picked up my big kid from kindergarten and I need her to nap. She's been home an hour and I'm already losing it.

[littleowl913]

Exhausted here too. We went out for breakfast yesterday and I went to pour some maple syrup on my french toast, poured milk instead...ahh sleep deprivation.

[flyliceandcoffee]

Today is the first day that I am no longer pumping!

[colinsfebmommy]

flyliceandcoffee, How are you feeling about that?

Ugh we just scheduled my toddlers surgery, I am a mess over it. I hate that he has to have any surgery even though this is a standard surgery.

[ldubhawksfan]

Sept 12, 2016 15:16:07 GMT -5 colinsfebmommy said:

flyliceandcoffee, How are you feeling about that?

Ugh we just scheduled my toddlers surgery, I am a mess over it. I hate that he has to have any surgery even though this is a standard surgery.

(Hugs) what surgery is it?

[colinsfebmommy]

ldubhawksfan, He has to have his tonsils out and his adenoids

[flyliceandcoffee]

colinsfebmommy, tbh it's a little bittersweet. one the one hand i'm ridiculously thrilled to never have to bring my pump to work again. on the other hand, i really did like having an excuse to disappear for half an hour at a time (I'm still leaving it blocked on my calendar though so I can use the time to hide out if i need to). We're still nursing at night so it's not like I'm completely done either so I think that helps. also, how did you know your toddler had to have their tonsils removed?

[ldubhawksfan]

Sept 12, 2016 15:23:53 GMT -5 colinsfebmommy said:

ldubhawksfan, He has to have his tonsils out and his adenoids

Awwww. I hope it goes well

[ldubhawksfan]

Sept 12, 2016 15:33:10 GMT -5 flyliceandcoffee said:

colinsfebmommy, tbh it's a little bittersweet. one the one hand i'm ridiculously thrilled to never have to bring my pump to work again. on the other hand, i really did like having an excuse to disappear for half an hour at a time (I'm still leaving it blocked on my calendar though so I can use the time to hide out if i need to). We're still nursing at night so it's not like I'm completely done either so I think that helps. also, how did you know your toddler had to have their tonsils removed?

I'm so excited to stop pumping, but I know I'll be sad too. It feels amazing that my body is supplying milk for her and I think I'll miss that. But I'm so tired of feeling like a dairy cow 4x a day! Haha

[flyliceandcoffee]

ldubhawksfan, I think if I were able to pump enough to cover bottles or even close to it I would probably still be pumping. But my supply has been steadily dropping that I was pumping 4x a day and getting like 8oz when he drinks like 20 a day. so it just wasn't worth it anymore. K is 11m too so that helped

[ldubhawksfan]

Sept 12, 2016 15:48:43 GMT -5 flyliceandcoffee said:

ldubhawksfan, I think if I were able to pump enough to cover bottles or even close to it I would probably still be pumping. But my supply has been steadily dropping that I was pumping 4x a day and getting like 8oz when he drinks like 20 a day. so it just wasn't worth it anymore. K is 11m too so that helped

Understandable. My last pump break I was just looking at my 3 oz and realizing I'm going to have to break into some frozen milk to cover tomorrow's bottles.

11 months is amazing!! Congrats!

[colinsfebmommy]

flyliceandcoffee, he got a lot of colds and finally this last one she said even after antibiotics his tonsils were still really swollen and told me to see an ENT. When we did she put him on a different antibiotic and checked him after 2 weeks..... went back still severely swollen so we waited another month and went back and the same. He snores horrid too from being swollen.

[flyliceandcoffee]

thanks ldubhawksfan!

and that sucks colinsfebmommy. I have a feeling this is gonna be in our future too. everyone always comments on how big both of my kids tonsils are

[littleredfish]

Sept 12, 2016 14:25:02 GMT -5 littleredfish said:

We did playgroup this morning. Picked up my big kid from kindergarten and I need her to nap. She's been home an hour and I'm already losing it.

And in updated news, instead of taking a nap my big kid tried to help her sister walk around and ended up dropping her on her face. I turn around for a minute to get supper in the oven, and then hear the smash and the cry. Poor kids 2 bottom teeth went into her top lip. Blood and tears everywhere. Wonderful. First blood loss at the hands of her sister. Now she has a fat lip

[samelly]

littleredfish, I hope she is okay. My kid has also discovered picking up the baby and "helping" him stand and walk. Sigh....

[littleredfish]

Sept 12, 2016 20:02:51 GMT -5 samelly said:

littleredfish, I hope she is okay. My kid has also discovered picking up the baby and "helping" him stand and walk. Sigh....

She was happy to get a popsicle and Tylenol seemed to help her get to sleep but she was unhappy to nurse before bed. Poor pumpkin has quite a fat lip

[rachaeleigh]

I am loving the breeze and start to cooler weather lately

Also, I've discovered that snapchat with the baby is just about my favorite activity

[littleowl913]

Sept 12, 2016 15:48:43 GMT -5 flyliceandcoffee said:

ldubhawksfan , I think if I were able to pump enough to cover bottles or even close to it I would probably still be pumping. But my supply has been steadily dropping that I was pumping 4x a day and getting like 8oz when he drinks like 20 a day. so it just wasn't worth it anymore. K is 11m too so that helped

20oz!?! I would have had to switch to formula a long time ago if E drank that much BM.  I haven't pumped enough for the past 3 weeks but I still have a healthy frozen stash. 

i got about three more weeks until E's one year appt. If the doc gives the green light to go on cow's milk, my pumping days are over! 

[littleowl913]

Sept 12, 2016 21:29:48 GMT -5 rachaeleigh said:

I am loving the breeze and start to cooler weather lately

Also, I've discovered that snapchat with the baby is just about my favorite activity

That's the only reason why I have snapchat. 

[colinsfebmommy]

Sept 12, 2016 17:12:29 GMT -5 flyliceandcoffee said:

thanks ldubhawksfan!

and that sucks colinsfebmommy. I have a feeling this is gonna be in our future too. everyone always comments on how big both of my kids tonsils are

I'll keep you posted on how it goes it's the 28th. I've already heard and read how horrid recovery is so I'm adding that my stress 🙁

[flyliceandcoffee]

Sept 12, 2016 21:33:19 GMT -5 littleowl913 said:

Sept 12, 2016 15:48:43 GMT -5 flyliceandcoffee said:

ldubhawksfan , I think if I were able to pump enough to cover bottles or even close to it I would probably still be pumping. But my supply has been steadily dropping that I was pumping 4x a day and getting like 8oz when he drinks like 20 a day. so it just wasn't worth it anymore. K is 11m too so that helped

20oz!?! I would have had to switch to formula a long time ago if E drank that much BM.  I haven't pumped enough for the past 3 weeks but I still have a healthy frozen stash. 

i got about three more weeks until E's one year appt. If the doc gives the green light to go on cow's milk, my pumping days are over! 

Heh yah this boy likes to eat. Don't know where he puts it all! I'm happy to have made it this far so I'll use up what's in the freezer and do formula for the last few weeks. No biggie! He still nurses at night so he's still getting the benefits so I call that a win. If I make it even one more month nursing at night I made it to what I thought was an impossible goal of a year so to me this is awesome

[flyliceandcoffee]

Sept 12, 2016 21:44:17 GMT -5 bluebird44 said:

Sept 12, 2016 15:54:52 GMT -5 ldubhawksfan said:

Understandable. My last pump break I was just looking at my 3 oz and realizing I'm going to have to break into some frozen milk to cover tomorrow's bottles.

11 months is amazing!! Congrats!

I only pumped 5 oz in 3 sessions today. Logic tells me I just need to call it good and switch to formula full time, but I don't know why I'm struggling to call it quits. My kid is fine and thriving either way, it's just me!

When you've been doing it for so long it's hard! I dropped one pump at a time with two weeks between each dropped pump just so I could stretch it out and get used to the idea hahaha. Makes it easier on the body too

[ldubhawksfan]

Sept 12, 2016 21:44:17 GMT -5 bluebird44 said:

Sept 12, 2016 15:54:52 GMT -5 ldubhawksfan said:

Understandable. My last pump break I was just looking at my 3 oz and realizing I'm going to have to break into some frozen milk to cover tomorrow's bottles.

11 months is amazing!! Congrats!

I only pumped 5 oz in 3 sessions today. Logic tells me I just need to call it good and switch to formula full time, but I don't know why I'm struggling to call it quits. My kid is fine and thriving either way, it's just me!

I'm sorry. It's a hard hurdle to get over. I think a lot of it is because of routine for so long, but I
Know part of it for me is that It signifies the end of the newborn stage where she relied on me.

[ldubhawksfan]

I burned my hand making baby food tonight. Dumb