A stressful week

Last week was pretty stressful for the Spain family.

I was working from home on Monday through Wednesday, however I also had to run around town getting our office up and running. On Thursday, I started back in the office.

Wednesday was Ian's first day in day care. He did much better than his mommy did! I admit some tears were shed. He likes his day care lady (Abby) and is all smiley when I pick him up, so I think she's taking good care of him.

Last week we think he was having a growth spurt. He was very fussy and was asking to be fed a lot. I tried a couple of days of adding a bit of rice cereal to his bottle (as his pediatrician said he'd have me start doing at 4 months - I figured, if he was ready at 3 months, to give it a try), and he liked it. But the lactation consultant made me feel guilty about it, so I stopped.

She also said that Ian isn't gaining enough weight. He's 14 pounds this week, which according to my pediatrician, is average. According to the doc, breastfed babies should be gaining 1/2 to 1 oz per day; he gained 16 oz in 28 days, so that's about right. However, the lactation lady says that it should be 1 oz per day, and anything less means he's not being fed well. I have been feeling badly about my mommy skills ever since she gave me a hard time about it. I know that he's healthy and happy and developing normally, but I hate it when people try to make me feel guilty.

I had to go out and buy some 3-6 month sleepers today. I thought we were well-prepared for this size, but I haven't been able to find any clothes in that range. We had maybe 4 sleepers that fit him. So I bought a bunch of 3-6 sleepers and some 6-9 month sleepers, so we should be well-stocked now. He will be 3 months old on Monday, so according to the size charts he's right on track.

Pumping is still going well although it's a challenge to get it done at work. I share an office with one other person, but she won't start coming into the office until Monday the 17th. So last week I was able to pump in my office; starting Monday, I will have to go into the bathroom. Supposedly, we'll have a conference room that I can use, starting on April 1st. I'll believe it when I see it! It will be a relief to not have to pump in the bathroom. Still, I am determined to keep on truckin'

We don't have any new pictures to show this week, but I do have a video of Ian rolling over that I will post as soon as we buy a cable to connect the video camera to the computer.