I am sitting in the business room at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Redmond Oregon. In 7 hours we will celebrate my Grandma Westbrook's life*.
Right now, I am trying to let the 7 people in my hotel room, sleep.
My baby is allergic to soy. We figured that out a month or two ago when I eliminated dairy from my diet to see if it helped his miserable reflux. Eliminating dairy, I added soy milk to my diet. His reflux worsened. Considerably.
problem (semi) solved. eliminate soy, eliminate reflux (with a little previcid in there as well).
Fast forward to the past few weeks...
my milk supply seems to be struggling. called my doctor and she suggested trying to add solids, followed by incorporating some fomula if Brock still seemed to be hungry.
While pumping like crazy and trying to help my milk supply replenish, I have added an occassional bottle of formula. Unfortuately, all formula has some soy in it. Can't get away from it with out spending $139 for 4 cans ):
Today was a busy day on the go: driving to Redmond this morning, and finalizing last minute thing for my grandma's memorial service tomorrow*. For some reason my milk supply wasn't cooperating, and Brock ended up drinking 1 1/2 bottles of formula. Formula with soy in it.
And so, that is why I left my room around 1am to work with Brock in the lobby and allow everyone else some much-needed shut eye.
It KILLS me to see him this way. I called the on-call pediatric service to see if there's anything I can give him for a tummy ache. Previcid. & gas drops. ):
Poor little guy. He sleeps for 5-10 minutes, then cries for 5 minutes. Sleeps for 15-20 minutes, cries for 10 minutes. On and on and on. Right now he is a asleep and he's been asleep for 30 minutes. His longest stretch yet. And I don't want to move him. And I don't want to go back to my room because he'll wake everyone if he awakes.
At least the lobby has nice comfy leather couches! Buy stock in Starbucks right now if you're up reading this blog post!! Tomorrow morning my purchases there will be sure to make their stocks skyrocket! (:
*I haven't mentioned anything about my Grandmas Westbrook going "Home for Christmas" on this blog. I'm not good at expressing my emotions on my blog - it's few & far between that I can articulate myself well. Click the links above to see my sister's posts.
Right now, I am trying to let the 7 people in my hotel room, sleep.
My baby is allergic to soy. We figured that out a month or two ago when I eliminated dairy from my diet to see if it helped his miserable reflux. Eliminating dairy, I added soy milk to my diet. His reflux worsened. Considerably.
problem (semi) solved. eliminate soy, eliminate reflux (with a little previcid in there as well).
Fast forward to the past few weeks...
my milk supply seems to be struggling. called my doctor and she suggested trying to add solids, followed by incorporating some fomula if Brock still seemed to be hungry.
While pumping like crazy and trying to help my milk supply replenish, I have added an occassional bottle of formula. Unfortuately, all formula has some soy in it. Can't get away from it with out spending $139 for 4 cans ):
Today was a busy day on the go: driving to Redmond this morning, and finalizing last minute thing for my grandma's memorial service tomorrow*. For some reason my milk supply wasn't cooperating, and Brock ended up drinking 1 1/2 bottles of formula. Formula with soy in it.
And so, that is why I left my room around 1am to work with Brock in the lobby and allow everyone else some much-needed shut eye.
It KILLS me to see him this way. I called the on-call pediatric service to see if there's anything I can give him for a tummy ache. Previcid. & gas drops. ):
Poor little guy. He sleeps for 5-10 minutes, then cries for 5 minutes. Sleeps for 15-20 minutes, cries for 10 minutes. On and on and on. Right now he is a asleep and he's been asleep for 30 minutes. His longest stretch yet. And I don't want to move him. And I don't want to go back to my room because he'll wake everyone if he awakes.
At least the lobby has nice comfy leather couches! Buy stock in Starbucks right now if you're up reading this blog post!! Tomorrow morning my purchases there will be sure to make their stocks skyrocket! (:
*I haven't mentioned anything about my Grandmas Westbrook going "Home for Christmas" on this blog. I'm not good at expressing my emotions on my blog - it's few & far between that I can articulate myself well. Click the links above to see my sister's posts.
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Poor poor baby Brock. Will keep him in my prayers.