Wow has time gone by fast. Seems like yesterday that I was pregnant. Now Montgomery is a monster of a kid, eating me out of house and home, and teething like crazy. Anyone wanna trade lives until his tooth comes in?
Physically I'm well. I've lost most of my baby weight. I'm weighing in at about 144 lbs now, which is fine with me. I still have an extra inch around my belly, but to be honest I really don't care. I've lost my motivation to push myself any further - this is mostly due to the crazy heat outside. I've let my long walks slip away from me because - well it's July and the fact that its almost 90 degrees by 9:00 am just doesn't work well for Monty and I. I could use the excuse that its too hot for him to be outside, but in all honesty, its just too hot for me to be outside, lol.
I've recently hit a bump in the road with breastfeeding. It seems like overnight my body has changed - AGAIN. At around the 3 month mark breastfeeding was at its best. My body finally regulated itself, I stopped leaking all the time, Monty was sleeping well through the night, and the on-demand feedings were working really well. However, just a few days away from Monty being 5 months old, my body did another flip flop. I'm just not producing enough milk. I finally realized that I need to start feeding him some baby food. I still haven't bought any food outside of rice cereal, so I made some banana/apple and blueberry baby food myself. Seems easy enough to me. So we will see how the next week goes and if Monty and I get on the same track.
Mentally I'm starting to break down a little bit. Monty cried all day yesterday (because of the teething) and it just wears on a person. I had a headache all day, and then woke up again with one. I can't wait for his tooth/teeth to come in so we go back to normal.
Aw man! The heat! I sure don't miss that. I remember one summer when it was particularly hot in DC and Caleb was about 18 months. I let him out every morning at around 8am and let him play with the water hose and get all muddy. It was in the 90's already at that time. It was just crazy! But I got lots of super cute pictures :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear about all the crying. It sure does wear on a person! I'm praying for relief for you and baby!
Ana was so good with her first two teeth, we didn't even know they were coming in! But she's about to get her 7th and 8th teeth and she has been really whining and clingy. It's like that commercial where the baby cries when their feet hit the floor.
But you know, it'll be kind of a like a battle scar. Years from now, you'll be so proud of yourself for actually surviving it all :)