Things have dramatically improved since my last post. We are doing so much better with the nursing thing and I'm actually starting to enjoy motherhood. I even recently put my two-weeks notice in at my job so that I can stay home and raise our sweet little daughter, and I'm excited. I think I've had an attitude adjustment as well. Anyway, things are going really well.
We had an excellent break. We flew to Maryland and Kailyn was an angel on the way there and back, which I was concerned about. We went to DC for a day and that was kinda cool. Literally. DC in the winter is kind of a bad idea. Christmas was great. Garrett and Kailyn got to meet the family and it was also fun to notice some of the differences between Garrett's and my side of the family. We played a lot of games and had yummy food and got spoiled with DVR.
New Year's was also good. We spent it with Garrett's side of the family and played games mostly. There was also the annual family Christmas party, which was also fun. I love having mom talk with all the different family members and such.
Garrett has started school again and is on track to graduate in about 3 semesters hopefully. As I said earlier, I am now staying at home so I can be with Kailyn and I'm quite excited. She's growing like crazy and she blows bubbles and smiles and cries and she's great. Recently, I signed up for aerobics classes at BYU so that's been a fun thing to get back into as well.
Things are going well. It's happy.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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so glad you're doing better. my little guy has been a struggle too. his most recent trick is that he doesn't want me to put him down when he's sleeping. lovely. :)
my friend danielle once described nursing as "the most unnatural 'natural' thing you'll ever do". it will keep getting better. and if it doesn't, formula is better than you feeling like a crazy person. i never loved nursing emery either.
and it is TOTALLY worth it - the mom thing, i mean. for every minute of hard there are 1000 minutes of bliss in watching your little person. i promise.
wish i was there to hang out! moms need friends. make sure you go see yours or tell them to come see you. it will make you feel better too.
So glad to hear that things are better. It usually works itself out. My mom always said, "You experiment with the first one, you learn with the second one, and you're an expert with the third one". For some reason, she never mentioned any after that....hmmmmm....
Kasey, I'm SO happy for you that things are going so much better. I hope it just keeps getting better.
It just wouldn't be kind for me to read what a hard time you had with nursing and not help you prepare for your next test at motherhood. So, I have a recommendation for when Kailyn turns terrible two (when she's about a year-and-1/2)--a book, Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood by Jim and Charles Fay (brothers). This book really worked magic for me and my family.
Hey I just wanted to let you know a little bit how i felt when first nursing too. Its rough!! It would hurt so bad, even when he was on right that I would dread when it came time to feeding him. But I just kept doing it. Easton would pretty much eat every hour when he was frist born. So you were not alone. nursing is hard and i understand why some women stop or dont want to do it, it took about 6 weeks or a little more for it to stop hurting. Now, because I pushed through it, its no big deal to breast feed, i can hardly feel when he is eating! so i hope you are starting to feel that way. The feedings so slow down. Anyways I just thought i would tell you how it was for me so you know you were not alone! hope everything continues to go better!
I am so happy that things are going good! I know, it's all so hard in the beginning and its so easy to get frustrated when you are sooo exhausted! Kids are the best..and they just get better!
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