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So today is One month and three weeks since ive decided to re-lactate! As sad as this sounds, thats the same amount of time i spent breastfeeding. (i stopped at 7 weeks when i went back to work). That means in one week, i will have successfully re lactated for two months. I love this feeling of being the milk machine and providing whats best for brayden. He loves it, you can see it in his smile. It also helps out big time money wise, esp being a single mother. I dont have to worry about formula cost or buying double amount for me AND the sitter. It also helps because at work when i tell people im breastfeeding, they look at me differently. Kinda like they admire me for doing such a breast thing for brayden. Also my co-worker who just had her baby came to ME for advice on breastfeeding. The girl who breastfed for 7 weeks, and she came to me? I asked her why me and she told me she never heard of anyone re-lactating, and the fact i did it successfully means i must know what im doing. Haha yes girlfriend, i do :)

I have the weekend off, pumping marathon? i think so. I only get every other weekend off, and i try to power pump just in case brayden needs more milk while im at work. My grandparents had actually put formula in his cereal last week because they didnt have enough that day. Needless to say i noticed, and i didnt flip out on them because they were doing their best. But now i just pack extra and leave it in their freezer just in case he decides he wants to binge again some day :)

Bye Bye Bye

Bye Bye baby weight ! Hello new weight watchers join-er :) I was driving to work today when i thought to myself how i really should join a gym. And then i was like "When will i have time for the gym?" I work 40 hours a week, 4 days a week. The three days off I, 1) catch up on sleep, 2) clean my apartment, 3) Try my hardest to show brayden i am his actual mom and not this person that just drops him off and picks him up everyday :( IDK how well this plan will go, but we will see. Of course I will start it tomorrow. At work I had a slew of foods that i didnt mark down so i dont know how many points i accrued already. I did bring home my "Naked" drink, which is a fantastic fruit smoothie, and its only 4 points HOLLA.

My day off yesterday, we went to the park with my niece. She loved it - he loved it, and mommy LOVED the nice weather !!

All new stuff !!

So, i finally got over myself and i moved my bed out of the living room and into B's room. His room is HUGE, its ment to be a bedroom. Not a room for brayden so i can have my bed in the living room like im still living in college. Its just kinda embarrassing when people would come over and be like yeahh .. i guess ill sit on your bed .. ??

So with this huge tax income, im getting a new couch,  kitchen table, tv stand, and coffee table. Along with a new 40' flat screen, and a whole new bathroom set. I cant help myself!! This money is MY money, and since i never bought anything when i was pregnant because i was saving for leave - nows my time. And im enjoying it. I should have a little less than 5 grand left after my explosive shopping sprees. Thats good enough to put away :)

B is doing good on cereal, but i feel like hes never full on that. Even after practically 1/4 a cup of rice cereal, i STILL had to nurse him for 15 on both sides for him to finally feel full. So i dont know how much longer this will last.

Busy busy bees!

So right as i start to write this blog, i look down at the date and i see Friday. Had a heart attack, because my online course's test is due on Friday. Ive missed it twice already due to the fact i ALWAYS forget when Friday is. Thank god its Thursday :) Ill do the test either in the mornin or at work. Phew!

Speaking of work, i got a raise this week !! Things are so looking up for me and Brayden. With the huge tax return i have, now with this raise. Its a big deal and im blessed. Im also blessed for the friends i have, my friend told me she could watch brayden for a month this summer so i can attend the summer class i need to apply for the program i need! All in all, i want to be a pediatric nurse, in a hospital. But almost everyone wants to work in pedi, with the cute wittle babiesss, so you have to apply to a special program to get the pedi rotation. And i need one more class to apply for that, and Shenelle took that step so i can get that class. BLESSED.

Also, speaking of my good friend Shenelle, she had her baby today! Mae'son Dale was born at 8:30 am today, she arrived to the hospital not even 45 mins before. Had a natural birth, and did great! Im so proud of her !! Mae'son is such a cutie, i cant believe they are actually that small. Like 4 months ago, brayden was THAT tiny??! No way, hes massive now !!

We tried out rice cereal tonight just to see if he liked it. He LOVED it.

So we will do one feeding of rice cereal at night time before bed. I dont like the whole idea of rice, it has little to no nutrition in it. Id prefer actual food but hes not ready for that yet!

And heressss the little buggs laughing his ass off at mommy :)

Happy birthdayy

TO ME :) One year ago i had my first ultrasound, which showed my little jelly bean at 5 weeks 2 days. Today was also the day i heard his heartbeat for the first time.  My heart stopped, i thought i couldn’t POSSIBLY be pregnant on my 21st birthday. I was the go-to girl when it came to parties. I was that friend you called when you wanted to go out. And now look at me? I ball my eyes out at the thought of going out with friends. I cant look at B, laughing smiling and giggling and know im leaving him to go to the bar. Thats why this year when all my friends were asking what i was doing with my birthday, i told them im spending it with B, because in the end - hes the only one i want to spend it with.

March 5, 2010

March 5, 2011

i love him :)

4 months old !

Brayden was 4 months old yesterday (4/1) but we were so busy i couldnt post ! Little bugs is 14 1/2 pounds, and 25 1/2 inches long!  (dont ask me where he gets this height from, not me!) He got more vaccines, its always sad to see them give him shots. After this, i went to my grandparents house before work to relax with him, and the little guy slept all day! For his 2 months shots he never slept, but his 4 months knocked him out cold. Worked out well because i went to work and my grandparents didnt1 complain that he was fussy (finally).

Yesterday i also went to WIC to tell them i have successfully re-lactated. The "certified lactation consultant" didnt believe me. She said she never heard of it. Are you not a certified lactation consultant? Because all i had to do is google it, and learn how to do it and then im breastfeeding again. Like do you think if im on WIC id want to lie to you just so i could get more milk cheese and eggs for ME and not any formula for B? I was blown away that she wasnt encouraging. So she printed out the formula checks, and i didnt sign for them. I DONT FUCKING NEED THEM. CUT THE SHIT.

On a different note, my co workers thought i would only be re-lactating "for a week or so." When i took my break to pump and my co worker had to cover me, he was like "i thought that was last week?" I was like yeah last week and every week from now on and he was like, "why do you get to do this and not me" Idk dumbass, grow some tits then. You wont have to be a nurse anymore if a male can lactate. Fuckin people.

I leave you with a pic of B at the doctors yesterday, all nake and stuff.