tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post3900981560534754341..comments2024-03-27T02:32:22.005-05:00Comments on My Life in Transition: Life Lately, Vol. 2 Julia Gooliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784248013181090775noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-3123901118863621072014-10-28T11:10:04.811-05:002014-10-28T11:10:04.811-05:00Lordy, I know about how that frazzled feeling goes...Lordy, I know about how that frazzled feeling goes up and down and all over the place and usually corresponds so closely to sleep. Even when I "only" wake up 2-3 times (even if Lily only gets up once the chance of the other kids waking me for random reasons remains high...as I'm sure you understand!) I find I have that can't-put-my-finger-on-it feeling of forgetting something or just being off. That's it. I just feel off a lot. Thankfully I know this will pass like it did before (even if I forget some days...)<br /><br />You are doing fabulously and thank you for keeping all of us blog readers posted :)Navigating the Mothershiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174295191363694422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-58712138043149436502014-10-27T11:37:35.261-05:002014-10-27T11:37:35.261-05:00I love this post for SO many reasons. I think fra...I love this post for SO many reasons. I think frazzled is the word of the season. It's just that time of year when we're pulled in a hundred directions with so many things going on. Add a new kid to the mix and a new schedule and it's pure chaos. Hopefully things will just continue to improve in the sleep department, which makes everything SO much more bearable. Sleep deprivation is the absolute WORST and makes everything 10 times harder. But I am so loving all your awesome photos of your three little amigos. They look like such a happy clan. Sara McCartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942635767083902005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-77486178429348149832014-10-23T13:15:13.814-05:002014-10-23T13:15:13.814-05:00SUCH a frizzily time! The frazzeliest, I dare say....SUCH a frizzily time! The frazzeliest, I dare say. It only goes up from her, girlfriend ;) Good for you for managing to pick out and focus on all the great stuff too though, especially while battling the anti-boob, anti-sleeping baby. I've been reading about so many 2nd and 3rd time moms lately whose babies are giving them trouble with nursing even after they've successfully nursed their previous children. Makes me nervous for #4 - easy breast-feeding was definitely something I took for granted and I pray this one doesn't give me grief with it! Just add it to the list of worries, ha! <br />A little side note about the under appreciated role of mom... my husband always makes a big fuss at dinner thanking me for cooking and saying how good it is, which I had all but rolled my eyes at and totally ignored after years of hearing (he says it even when my dinners are a total fail), but my kids totally picked up on it and now every night at dinner time, even when he isn't home, my girls always say, "Thank you so much for making this wonderful dinner, Mama!" Many (many many!) times they still don't eat any of it, ha, but it always warms my heart that they think to appreciate my work for them. Even if they are just being polite :) Maybe tell Nate to start laying it on thick and the kids will pick up on it ;) <br />Enjoy this weekend with your Ladies in town - always the BEST! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929850176678535570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-1360019596925185002014-10-23T07:01:38.098-05:002014-10-23T07:01:38.098-05:00Gotta love those rule-following, people-pleasing f...Gotta love those rule-following, people-pleasing first borns!!! Ours is exactly like that too. We keep joking about how much difference conferences and such will be when Jake is in school; not bad, just more of the..... well, he's very entertaining, haha :) The one thing I am not looking forward to with three kids is the transition on work days. I already feel stretched so thin with just two, I don't know how to bend myself anymore with three, especially on the nights when Andy works late and I'm responsible for nursing, dinner, bed, homework, etc. Ugh! Obviously, it will work and I'll be blessed to have three, but it's a little scary!<br /><br />Regarding the nursing, first off - I feel for you! You are doing an awesome job. I remember the pumping, bottles, nursing, pumping fiasco with my first... but that was my FIRST - I didn't have to worry about other children running around. I can't imagine doing it with two others underfoot. I do have possible one suggestion though - not sure if this will work or if you really want another suggestion, because I don't want you to feel like there's yet another thing you have to do. But, I just feel your pain through the words in your post about how much you want nursing to work, so I thought I would offer, hope you don't mind. Have you thought about using an at-breast supplementer? I know they are typically for people with low supply or even people trying just to have a nursing relationship if they adopted or something... but, what I'm thinking is the flow is a little more consistent (not as heavy as a bottle, but maintains consistency throughout whereas nursing slows down after that initial let down). Maybe Porter would be happy with that and you could continue nursing and then slowly wean him off the supplement. I realize you would still have to pump some, but maybe it would be less because he would be draining you more at each session which would keep your supply up and keep him nursing. Again, I'm not sure if this would work, but I thought it might be another little "tip" similar to the nursing while he's sleepy. Either way, good luck and you're doing an awesome job! He is one cute baby!Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029781576253283036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-87126467840417537842014-10-22T23:28:56.190-05:002014-10-22T23:28:56.190-05:00So appreciate these honest posts from you!!! Your...So appreciate these honest posts from you!!! Your kids are adorable - and I don't know how you do it with 3 because I'm navigating working mom with 2 that are 2 yo and under and it's CRAZY!Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382853096722074776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6548039454456114385.post-88507099650654237922014-10-22T22:23:10.805-05:002014-10-22T22:23:10.805-05:00Yay, glad a mom-visit is happening soon!! Hope Por...Yay, glad a mom-visit is happening soon!! Hope Porter decides to sleep soon, that will likely bring you down to a 5/10 regularly on work days, hopefully at least.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17928807868790599467noreply@blogger.com