3 weeks old!

This has been the most challenging week of my motherhoodness. I know they say it gets easier. All I can do is be patient. Breastfeeding is really difficult. I know it's natural, but it's also a huge challenge. It's not like a dog. I wish I could just lie down and the baby would crawl up, nurse, and crawl away. Instead, it's a constant battle of latching, falling asleep, waking up, switching sides, sometimes twice. Sometimes it takes an hour for one feeding. Then he falls asleep and wakes up in 2 hours, ready to eat again. That means, I have 2 hours to sleep, eat, shower, pee, pump, and then we are right back at it. Housework is never getting done at this point. I love the evenings because Ryan can give him a bottle while I do other things, like write this blog. But now he's feeding, which means I need to be pumping or I'll never keep up. Not to mention, I need to get some reserves in the freezer for when I return to work.

I had my first embarrassing moment of motherhoodness tonight at the breastfeeding support group. I got a little tangles in my moby wrap so I put Dylan down for a second. He decided that would be a good time to SCREAM bloody murder. And he didn't stop screaming until we got in to the car. I'm sure all the people in the hospital thought I was pinching him or something.

Anyway.. he sure is cute and totally worth it. Fingers crossed he adds an extra hour to his sleeping schedule this week :)