Mommyhood

WOW! What a crazy 3 weeks it has been. Time has just FLOWN by I have been adjusting to mommyhood. Especially this week as Mike returned to work and they had mandatory overtime so he worked 50 hours this week! CRAZY!
First, Grayson did great during his first Sacrament meeting on Sunday. It was fast and testimony meeting and he slept until 10 minutes before it was over when I did have to take him out and feed him. We only went to Sacrament as I am still having a hard time sitting without proper support/positioning from my c-section. Partially because I overdid it a little the day before. It still felt like a great success though.
Second, I have been struggling with nursing. Not because I don't love it. I do love nursing. The problem is I have a low supply and we are trying desperately to get it up because I am not liking having to supplement with formula. Grayson lost too much weight at the beginning and then he gained it back fast enough that they said I could stop supplementing (slowly) but he is STARVING all the time in the late afternoon and evening if I do not supplement. I have spent a lot of time with the lactation consultant and today we went again. I always feel better when I leave there. She gave me some good tips on things I can do to increase my supply. I am going to take some vitamins that are known to help. My OB had also given me a prescription that helps but you only take it for a week and that is past now. The same issue that made it so hard to get pregnant is the one that is making me have a low supply. The good thing is through my research I have learned things I can do next time while I am pregnant so that this hopefully will not be an issue again.
Finally, Grayson and his sleep. UGH! In the hospital Mike would often hold him and sleep. This was not good. Grayson got so used to it that by the middle of this week, we could not get him to sleep in his bassinet. Finally, I posted the issue on facebook. I had a lot of friends give some good tips, and also words of encouragement that this will not last forever. Last night, he slept in his bassinet for 2 stretches of sleep and then I got a good hour nap with him in it today. SUCCESS!
I survived my first week home by myself. Although, I must admit, the first day was really rough. Mostly because I still felt trapped in the house. But each day since, we have gotten out of the house when the weather has been decent (each day has had some time of sunshine luckily) and I feel much better with that. We have a route we walked when I was pregnant and trying to encourage Grayson to drop that we walk. It is about 2 miles. I think it may have been a little too much though as I am pretty sore at my incision today. I will take it easy this weekend though.

For those that are interested, we will be blessing Grayson the 4th of July. We are not sure if it will be in Sacrament meeting or a in-home blessing at this time because of family travel arrangements. We should know after Sunday.