Fri 17 Mar 2006
I am in a foul mood.
I don’t know if it’s lack of sleep, lack of time alone, lack of privacy, post-partum depression, the feeling of being tethered to an often-shrieking small and helpless person, "legitimate" annoyance, the adoption problem, some insanity related to our mortgage that I haven’t blogged about (they erroneously have us listed as having paid them numerous small amounts that don’t add up to what we owe), or all of the above.
But the bottom line is that I am in a whiney, pissy, crabby, no-good, very bad mood.
And I’m feeling guilty because I said I was going to post reviews of the non-dairy food items I’ve eaten this week, and I don’t feel like it. Except to say that the parm/romano flavor veggie shreds smell as bad as my mood.




March 17th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
Hang in there. You sound like you just need a break. Maybe tonight you can try skipping a night feeding and substituting a bottle. You will be amazed at how much better you feel if you can just get one good stretch of sleep. I hope that this weekend brings some much needed rest and relaxation.
March 17th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
I’ve totally been thinking about giving him a bottle of formula at his “dinner” feeding.
My only hesitation is that since we’re trying to figure out if he’s allergic to milk protein, and the pediatrician said it would take 1-2 weeks to figure it out, should I introduce a new variable 1 week into it?
March 17th, 2006 at 10:21 pm
i hope your weekend gets better. just keep remembering, all of this is a very short term thing. soon it will be bedtime stories and then 10 hours of peace and quiet until it’s time for oatmeal and OJ.
March 18th, 2006 at 9:34 am
Liza, have you tried pumping yet? Maybe you could express some milk so Jill could take a night feeding — and that way you wouldn’t have to worry about the formula variable. You’re right, you don’t want to be introducing it right now while you’re trying to figure out if milk proteins are causing the problem.
Try to take some time for yourself even though it is SO difficult with being a nursing mom. Maybe a quick trip to the bookstore by yourself right after Noah has a feed?
March 18th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
I’ve tried pumping twice so far. Both times, he kept shrieking and seemed to still be hungry after eating everything I’d managed to pump out. In fact, the second time, he ate as usual 10 minutes after taking the bottle of breastmilk.
But yeah, I think a trip to the local bookstore is in order, no later than Monday.