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November 14, 2006
Tired
Last night was the granddaddy of all awful nights with Linna. First of all, we're all sick. I'm in the snotty-headachy end of a rotten cold, Jeff's at the beginning of it, and Ethan and Linna theoretically just got over it. I got home late from the last Nursing Mother's Counsel training, and Jeff was exhausted, with Linna still awake. I tried for about 4 hours to get her to sleep, and she just wouldn't fall asleep. Then she had a freak diaper accident that resulted in pee all over her and the bed. New outfit number one. After that she quieted down for a while, but kept waking and wanting to nurse. Finally Jeff took her for a while and noticed that she smelled funny... I'd missed it because I'm so stuffed up. Sure enough, she'd pooped too. So I changed her again and we tried some more... no dice. I took her out of the bed and rocked with her in the chair, and she almost fell asleep a few times... but then she suddenly spit up. I was carrying her down the hall to get a new outfit when a great fountain of milk came splashing out, covering me, her, and the floor. At least it didn't hit the wall. I suppose nursing nonstop for hours is not such a good idea... especially after she had a 4-oz bottle of pumped milk while I was gone. Anyway, that calmed her down enough that we actually got a few hours of almost-sleep. But let's just say that none of us are particularly well-rested today.
Posted by ktingey at November 14, 2006 07:48 PM