Oh my gosh I'm so tired!
Maddox had his 2 week check up this morning..and ya know? That was my first time taking both of the boys out by myself. The car was still parked the way Orion left it..the gas tank still full (I'm tellin ya..you wanna save gas? don't go anywhere hahaha)..the seat was still set the way Orion likes it. I won't lie when I say I kinda teared up a little bit when I had to change the setting knowing it's not going to have to be changed till June-ish when he comes home for his 2 weeks of leave.
It's not that I don't *want* to take the boys out more often..it's just that the weather's been so bad and hi? Yeah..it's *such* a production to get them both ready..along with myself..and out the door...especially if we have an appointment somewhere. Jeeze.
We also had to park in the last freaking row at the hospital. Yay!! Ugh.
Anyway..Maddox is 6 pounds..5 ounces..which is awesome I think seeings as he dropped down to 5 pounds 13 ounces not even 2 weeks ago. We can only go up from here! And either he's totally shrinking..or is mis-measured every time we go because when he was born? They said 19 3/4 inches..at his 2 day check up (he was really like 5 days old..but 2 days home) he was 19 inches..and today? 18 3/4. I don't know, man..something's going on. Fishy fishyyyy.
I also totally hate double booking days with appointments. We're home long enough for Calix to (hopefully) take a small nap and then it's back out the door to be at the WIC appointment by 1. I guess it's a good thing we're still on it..not for Calix..because please, a gallon of milk isn't expensive. But if we'd stopped going..we couldn't re-enroll or whatever for Maddox..because hi? Formula = expensive. We're totally saving all kinds of money by doing the WIC thing..and the bigger Maddox gets..the more we end up saving with it. I win.
Formula? Yes well..nurse as much as I want..or pump or whatever..? I'm making less and less milk again. A week ago, I could pump about 2 ounces..and man was I so proud! But now? Honey, I'm lucky if I get a full ounce. I nurse all night, too..but Maddox is never satisfied with that..because I'm just not making enough..so I'll end up having to get up and make a bottle. Hungry little guy. Well ya know..oh well. I gave it another shot..and at least he got all of the colostrum. But I refuse to beat myself up about this all over again like I did with Calix. All I'm going to say is..I tried.
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Thanks for adding that last part. I breastfed for the first two weeks with the little man, but I never had that much milk either. I'd pump every few hours when I wasn't feeding him and it'd take me all day to make 2oz. Plus I had a seroma after my c-section and that was painful, and I needed lots of rest so it was just best that I stopped, but it hurt me so bad.
But...
We bought our formula up until this month...my wonderful husband didn't know that his base pay was for the WHOLE month, so when I tried to qualify for WIC I was doubling the base pay for a month, and they laughed at me saying no way, but I was all like but he only brings home under half of that. You should have seen me when I was looking at the LES and realized that was for the whole month. I could have killed him! It's nice not paying for it now!
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