"The Scream" by Julia Louise

What a weekend we had. Saturday night I got up at around 2:30AM to feed Julia and almost passed out. Then I began shaking and couldn't stop. Eric got up, we called my Mom who came immediately and we headed to the ER. I was really worried that I had some sort of post par tum infection and I got very scared when they told me I had a fever of 102.4. After a series of blood work and other tests it turns out I have a very bad ear infection and sinus infection. I don't think I've every gotten so sick so fast in my life! Then again, I've probably been sick for a while and just didn't realize it because of all of the aches and pains of delivery and a broken tailbone. The further into my antibiotic regimen I get the more I realize that I felt pretty crappy for a while, but seriously, who has time to notice with a three year old and a two week old?

To speak to the picture above, Julia is a champ. She nurses, she bottle feeds, she paci's with no problem. I breastfeed as her primary source of nutrition and plan on doing so for as long as possible, just like I did with Lucas. However, this time around I am being a lot more laid back about the bottles since it isn't causing her any nipple confusion of any kind. I pump breast milk and we do formula and Eric can help with feedings. This is really saving my sanity! I feel like I can turn her over to him and spend time with Lucas, or take a shower, or sleep at 4am! Her latest pattern is to want to constantly nurse from about 2 to 6am. I feed her as much as I can and then wake Eric up around 3:30 for a bottle. I sleep until 7 when Lucas gets up. Eric and Julia sleep until around 8 after going back down around 5. It just really works for us and I feel human so much sooner than I did with Lucas. It's funny, everybody does it differently and it is all about what works for you.