Round 2

Monday rolled around and I was feeling a little tired, but again chalked it up to "normal." Max was a bit more fussy than usual but one more time chalked it up to "normal." Tuesday: UGH! Felt like I had the flu! Dang it! I got Sam's flu...or so I thought. NOPE. I got another round of Mastitis (infection that is like the flu but worse!) I called the midwife and she said...."Oh no that's frustrating!" She started me on antibiotics again and I knew I would be better in a day or two.

The bubby hanging out with mom when she felt SO sick!


The next morning our midwife called me and said that Max might be "grouchy." YEP he totally was the day before, but I figured it was because Sam and I were feeling so lousy. And I let other people scare me into believing that maybe he had colic or was just turning into a fussy kid. The midwife said, 'NO!' She said she wanted to call me and check because sometimes getting back to back infections on both sides will affect my milk for the bubby, it will slow it down. While he is drinking/eating the same amount he isn't getting the same amount which then leads to him being hungry, which then leads to a crying boy. I told her for the first time ever he woke up at 2:30 which even in the hospital he never did that! Slept at least until 4:30, but mostly 6. She then said, "Yep that confirms it for me, he is just hungry." She recommended that I keep nursing like usual but top him up with 50 mil of formula until the infection is gone (so for about a week or so) and then our little boy will be back to normal. He GULPED his first bottle without any trouble and then started sleeping like usual. Poor little turkey was just hungry. He went right back to sleeping and slept from 11 from 6 last night. WHEW! I love having the midwife process here. I am sure that I would have just chalked it up to "our luck ran out." It is so nice to have someone come once a week and have her check on us other times. She even helped me get the safest formulas and bottles. She stops coming at week 6 and then we get the "Plunket Nurses." They are nurses specialized in babies and they, too, come to your house. They called this week to let me know they will call when Max is about 5 weeks to set up a time and also gave us an 800 number that we can call 24 hours a day with any questions. The process is great for me and they are helpful with "American" questions too with no judgement :) ie. What is the baby's temp supposed to be in Celsius?

Little turkey fooled me this morning! I thought he was wide awake while I was getting Sam and me breakfast...nope he snoozed away enjoying the cuddle time!





I left him with someone other than Sam yesterday....Sam's mom :) Nana took him for walk down the Mount while I got my hair done. She was good and brought him by to see me and then shopped really close to me. He was pretty sacked out when I caught up to them.



Our happy little bubby after getting a full tummy once again



PS
Doing okay with the baby blues. They were never that bad...considering that tears are common for me and I knew what the baby blues were made it all okay :) Thanks for all the sweet comments!