I have learned my lesson that when I am in public I need to wear protection for leakage. Yesterday morning when I went back to nurse Ian during the morning worship service, I discovered I had been leaking big time. The bad news was that I was wearing a light purple turtleneck (and milk spots really show on lighter colored clothing), but the REALLY good news was that I was also wearing a black suede shirt jacket. Thank goodness for layers! I think this means that no one saw my big milk spots. Whew... I didn't leave the nursing room until the spots were gone even though I couldn't hear the service in the nursing room like I usually can.
Last evening I let them know that the sound wasn't working in the morning so that when I needed to leave to nurse Ian during the evening service I would be able to hear what was going on. Last night was the "Night of Praise." It was a wonderful service. I was one of three instrumental solos. I played "Heaven Came Down" on the flute, a former college student of mine played a clarinet solo for the offeratory, and a man got a standing ovation after playing "Holy Ground" on his trumpet. There were also 7 vocal solos. My favorite were the 3 songs the men's quartet sang as well as the anthem the choir sang. It was wonderful to sing with the choir again. I couldn't find an audio recording of the choral version of the song online, but I did find a video of it being sung as a solo. Our choir director usually is our accompaniest, but we sang with a CD this time, and the orchestration was wonderful. Four different women got to hold Ian for a few minutes at some point during the 2.5 hours I was there. They were VERY glad to do so. :-) Before the service I rehearsed the song I'll be playing my piccolo for next Sunday morning. The service began at 6:30pm. I left at 8:25pm, and the service wasn't over yet (although it was near the end). Long services are the norm at this church, which is why I left Nadia at home with Paul so she could get to bed on time.
When we got home, I changed Ian's diaper, nursed him, and put him in the Nap Nanny at 9:15pm. He was quiet until 12:30am. I heard him fussing, but I decided to wait and see if he would actually work up into a full fledged cry. He didn't! He went back to sleep!! Way to go, Ian!! He didn't cry until 2:15am! WOOHOO! This was the first time he slept for 5 hours straight. May it become the norm!!! His next stretch was about 1.5 hours long. This means he slept in his Nap Nanny about 6.5 hours between 9:15pm and 4:40am! Nadia woke up at 4:50. I didn't get her until 5:55, but she was awake that whole time. She's not getting enough sleep at night these days as we're putting her down at 7:30pm.
2 comments:
I always got my children up at a certain time in the morning. Brianne knows now that if she wakes up she is to stay in the bed till I get her up. I would die if they got up before 5 AM. I am NOT a morning person. I always put my kids down at 9AM even the twins. We have so much to do in the evening that I could never get them to bed that early.
After almost 10 months of nursing Rachel, I STILL leak occasionally. I'm glad you had a dark colored layer on top. :) Although, I remember one time at church, just before the start of the service, I started leaking and it was obvious even with the black shirt I was wearing (and I stand up front to play violin, so everyone would have seen it). I pulled a friend aside and asked how obvious it was, and she said yup it was obvious, so I ran to the bathroom and turned my shirt around and wore it backwards! I figured a backwards shirt was less embarrassing than visible milk spots. LOL.
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