I have mastitis. The last few days have been particularly uncomfortable and I have done lots of marathon nursing which is not conducive to actual blogging. I have in fact composed even more blog entries in my head than usual and even decided to start a second, more public blog for when I have particularly juicy opinions I'd like to share with a wider audience but just posting in my actual existing blog has been a challenge. Wow, was that all one sentence?
I started antibiotics Tuesday night and got as much rest as I could yesterday and it has all done a world of good. But I'm still not 100% which I realized today as I stood by the stroller watching Liam ride his bike down the sidewalk. I let out a few stress relieving tears and hoped that none of the neighbors was watching close enough to see.
That boy and his bike. Within less than 24 hours of getting it he was saying "I don't have anyone to play with the bike WITH." He really wants it to be a social activity. But even with the training wheels he has a hard time keeping the thing going. And he's nervous, so usually when he goes about five yards he decides to make sure the brakes still work. Today I encouraged him several times to ride it "fast." I'm trying to convince him that when he goes faster the bike will be more stable, but I know from experience that this doesn't really make sense until you actually try it. Anyways, he went about five yards ahead of me then stopped and got off the bike and actually came back towards me to say, "You know why I made this face? [nervous grimace] When I used the brakes the bike didn't stop." Well clearly it did, just not quite when he expected it to. He also wants to spend a lot of time showing people his new bike. I'll admit I wasn't very patient the other day when he wanted to know WHY when I told him he needs a lot of practice and to be older before he can ride his bike to school. I eventually resorted to "because you don't understand why that wouldn't be safe and would take a really long time." Too much honesty? He did think of several reasons after that when before that he had been challenging every reason I gave him.
Devin seems to be making it through the mastitis all right although I'm worried that my milk supply is way down. Before it was too high so maybe it's just OK now, but it's much lower anyways. He's still pooping and peeing very regularly and he will sometimes nurse for a while then quit and stick his fist in his mouth, so I'm pretty sure he's not super hungry. Mostly I need to get eating and drinking better. My stomach is feeling much better than it was. I'm not sure why it got bad as that's not usually a symptom of mastitis, but it did and I'm having a hard time getting back on track as I'm still not eating dairy and don't have a lot of time or energy to cook.
Devin's still having blood in his poop which is the main reason I've gone back off dairy. Also some increased fussiness. Cutting back seemed pretty pointless since I was constantly thinking about whether I was getting too much and had pretty much gotten to just milk in my tea or a little added Parmesan cheese.
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