Three exciting events: first Mother’s Day, a rough night, and a doctor’s appointment. <\/p>\n
Our big plan for Mother’s Day was to go to church, which we executed successfully. We arrived only 10 minutes late, and I went straight to the nursery to feed Lucy. After that, she fell asleep in the sling and I was able to be upstairs during the service with her. “Our church”:http:\/\/gracechurchchicago.org\/ does a wonderful job of honoring all women on Mother’s Day, which I’ve been especially conscious of over the years, particularly when we were struggling through three miscarriages last year. I was glad to be able to give thanks to God for Lucy and to be present at church this week.<\/p>\n
Back home, Lucy did a lot more of what she has been doing most of the time lately: eating. I think she is going through a growth spurt, because for the past 36 hours or so, she has been eating just about every two hours (which is a bit taxing for me, since she spends 45 minutes of those two hours eating). Mostly, I was handling it okay. But by the time 11:00 pm rolled along, I was pretty exhausted and grumpy. Lucy has been getting into the habit of biting or latching on incorrectly towards the end of the feeding, which is painful on my already sore nipples and makes me extra-grumpy! She had a couple of longer stretches of sleep during the night, but I found myself weeping and praying that she would go to sleep after her 5:00 am feeding. It just hurt and I needed a break! My tears dropped onto her cheeks as I tried to nurse her to sleep. God was gracious: Lucy did fall asleep, Jon encouraged me, and I got a few more hours of shut-eye.<\/p>\n
Part of my stress about nursing has been regarding her weight gain. Jon and I were really glad to have a good report at Dr Minkus’ office today: Lucy is up to 7 lbs 13 oz, just one ounce shy of her birth weight. Dr Minkus was very pleased, and we were too! This means she’s been gaining an ounce a day for the last ten days. It is good to know that she truly can gain weight on whatever she is eating from me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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