{"id":96,"date":"2006-05-08T17:39:49","date_gmt":"2006-05-08T22:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2006\/we-love-our-friends\/"},"modified":"2006-05-08T17:39:49","modified_gmt":"2006-05-08T22:39:49","slug":"we-love-our-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2006\/we-love-our-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"We love our friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a rough couple of days this weekend, as you probably read from Jon’s “post”:\/news\/2006\/road-warrior\/. Lucy is generally not a difficult baby, but this nighttime fussiness thing was starting to put us over the edge. I knew I was feeling pretty anxious about her crying when I realized I wasn’t interested in eating chocolate (a sure sign of distress for me). <\/p>\n

\"FuzzheadBut then you all entered the picture. Jon and I have felt so incredibly well-supported by all of you. You have loaned us baby swings, told us stories of your own experiences, brought us meals, offered to spend the night here, bought us groceries — and I can’t tell you how many of you have said, “Anything you need? Just let us know and we’ll take care of it.” When it started to feel like we were running out of ideas and resources, God sent you along to care for us and encourage us. We are so thankful.<\/p>\n

Yesterday was a much better day. After making some key decisions and trying to accept Lucy’s fussy feelings, our night went much better. Here are some of our latest tactics:
\n* If Lucy is fussy only two hours after a feeding, I can just feed her! I kept thinking before that there was no way she was hungry, but maybe she is at the end of the day, and we can help with that. She slept great last night, even without a ride in the car.
\n* I talked with a lactation consultant who, though meaning to be helpful, stressed me out by telling me that I needed to switch positions on both breasts at each feeding to maximize my milk supply. This made feedings much harder (twice as much latch-on pain = no fun) and I had started to dread feedings. Jon had the brilliant suggestion: “Just relax, forget her advice, and do what you did before — when you enjoyed nursing!” So, I’m back to one position per breast. Even if it isn’t the maximum amount of milk for Lucy, at least I’m not stressed and can enjoy feeding her again. (And we’re not so sure she’s not getting the max anyway.)
\n* Jon and I have a good pattern of alternating caring for her during nighttime fussiness so at least one of us can sleep. Plus, our newly purchased white-noise machine helps the one not “on call” to block out the sound of her crying. (We originally bought the machine to help Lucy sleep, but there are other uses for it too!)<\/p>\n

Yesterday afternoon, Lucy fussed a little bit, so I put her in a “sling”:http:\/\/mayawrap.com\/ (see photo) which we borrowed from our friend Shonah and took a walk with her. She seemed to like it (I could tell because she took a nap) and getting out of the house made me feel a thousand times better. I could tell things were looking up when I came home and immediately went for a treat from a box of chocolates in our kitchen. I like to think that my chocolate craving served to celebrate our amazing community. (And the fact that I’ve already lost 25 pounds!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We had a rough couple of days this weekend, as you probably read from Jon’s “post”:\/news\/2006\/road-warrior\/. Lucy is generally not a difficult baby, but this nighttime fussiness thing was starting to put us over the edge. I knew I was feeling pretty anxious about her crying when I realized I wasn’t interested in eating chocolate … <\/p>\n

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