Roll Over! Roll Over! (The breakthrough)

This week, I reached my goal of spending more Tummy Time with my crotchedy hater of Tummy Time. I did it aaaaannnnnd....he rolled over this week! For a guy who hated, hated, HATED to be on his stomach at all, he was a bundle of milestones this week. He goes right up on his arms the minute I put him on his stomach. He now loves rolling from his stomach to his back - amazing himself the first time he did it. Now he can't get enough.

My pumping schedule, sadly, has to go. I've spent three weeks trying to get my supply back up by pumping every two hours and it just won't increase past 6 oz a day. I've been taking More Milk Plus for the same amount of time and that's still as much as I get. I wanted to keep him on some BM until he was 6 months old, but it seems I have to drop it when he's 5 months old. He won't latch anymore either.  Bummer.

But at the same time, I'm excited about the future, knowing that BF'ing had to end sometime.  Being freed from pumping 8 times a day will most certainly help with spending more time with him. I was spending some 3 to 3.5 hours a day on pumping. Our "play time" came with his on the bed with me while I pumped and sang to him...or watched Dr. Phil (Alex seems to like his voice.)

August 19, 2007