Garett Milk Update

In September, Garett had another flare up of his eczema.  But this time it was on his belly, not his forehead.  We got it under control and it hasn't been as bad as it was since, so hopefully we can start and finish the winter good.  We changed his laundry detergent and fabric softener and we stopped washing him every other day with soap.  We only wash him once a week and lather him up every day in Cetaphil.  He is still on Similac Sensitive Formula.

The End of an Era!

I am FINALLY getting around to posting this. I still have other things to post, but this one doesn't require pictures, so I can do it at work!

GAVIN IS FINALLY DONE NURSING!

It is bittersweet to say, & feel. His last night was the 15th. Had I known, I would have treasured it more, but I didn't. He stopped himself. On Friday he just wouldn't take it...& we were done. He nursed for 13 Months 6 days! That is AMAZING if you ask me!

So far I have celebrated my accomplishment by getting Strep, drinking as many Dr. Pepper's as I can get my grubby hands on & eating Spicy Wings (Gavin didn't like those so much, I missed them). I am so PROUD of myself!

PS - Happy Earth Day!

Crying over split milk!

I have been saving all my posts for when we became a private blog...which is now...so be prepared to be bombarded with posts of the last 2 weeks. On the 15th (Friday) I was so excited to leave work...I pump 4 times a day at work to keep up my milk supply & have a good storage here for the LG. I was on my last pump...so excited to be done pumping for the weekend & go home to spend the weekend with my boys! I drove home, was bumping to the music, excited to be home that when I got home I was so distracted. I was playing on the computer, hanging out with Gavin because I hadn't seen him all day & giving Mike a break before he had to go to work. We had a good weekend...not thinking anything about anything.
Saturday night we cleaned the house & we have a method in our house now that when I come home from work & put the pumped milk away we put it in sandwich bags because we have had quite a few bags leak, so this saves us the wasted milk. So back to cleaning the house, I was cleaning the kitchen & noticed that there was some sandwich bags out on the counter & I kept thinking...where did these bags come from, why are they on the counter? Didn't think anything else about it & went on our marry weekend way.
Monday morning Gavin slept for the first time for 7 hours straight, so we were excited but had to change our normal morning routine, so I was rushing to get ready & get a feeding in for him before I left. I was getting my pumping stuff & bags ready & was wondering where my bag & icepacks were...they were still in the pumping bag, so I pulled them out & realized that I didn't put the milk I pumped on Friday away in the freezer! UGH!!!! I wasted like 16 or so ounces! I was so upset I cried all the way to work & then some. Even after work when Mike brought I up to me & apologized I started crying again. I had more then enough milk for Gavin to get through the day, but it is not the most comfortable thing in the world to pump.
I have had lots of thinking time since then to realize that everything worked out the way it should have, so now it is just a funny story, but I haven't forgotten about my milk since then.