A couple of times recently I have noticed some red bumps on Nadia - mostly on her legs. This morning they are back (on her arms this time), and they look much worse than ever before. It looks like she has poison ivy or something like that. She hasn't complained, and I haven't seen her itching them, but it looks unpleasant to me. Paul put something on her arms that hopefully will help. I hope it doesn't spread any farther.
Today is the day for serious yardwork to be done. We did a little last spring, but aside from mowing the lawn we haven't done much since we moved in about 18 months ago. Today we're relocating some bushes, removing some bushes, removing some ground cover, mowing the lawn, removing the large pile of dirt the fence installers left from digging the posts for the fence, etc. Paul's parents and our nephew, Shawn, are coming up in Paul's dad's truck so that Paul can take the truck to a local lawn & garden store to get a load of mulch for the flower beds. I'm not going to plant flowers quite yet as although it has been warm lately I know that we might still get another frost. It's usually safer to wait until May to plant flowers. Paul picked up the sandbox last night on his way home (from someone through Craigslist) and also stopped at Walmart for some sand. This was perfect timing as otherwise Nadia would really have missed the dirt pile. I know sand can be messy, but it won't be as messy as her sitting on and climbing up a pile of dirt/mud! Paul's parents are going to take Nadia to the playground after her afternoon nap while Paul & I are doing yardwork.
Yesterday Ian had one bottle. While I was eating dinner, I had Paul give him the 3 ounces I had pumped Thursday night. I felt like I nursed him nonstop. I also started up the Fenugreek again yesterday. If Ian can't start going longer periods of time without nursing I think I need to start supplementing. I just can't keep nursing him so many hours a day. The longest break I ever get in between nursing sessions is typically never more than 45 minutes. I could handle nursing him every 3 hours or something like that, but I nurse him far more than that. Hopefully I can stop feeling like a failure if I need to supplement. My theory of putting him to bed earlier didn't work. It just meant my day started at 4:55am. Tonight I'll go back to putting him to bed closer to 9pm. Between the hours of 7:50pm and 4:55am he slept a little over 8 hours. His first stretch was about 6 hours and his second about 2 hours long. I did get him to sleep in my arms from 5:30-6:15am, and he probably would have kept sleeping in my arms if I hadn't needed to go to the bathroom. So if he wakes up that early again, maybe I'll try to get him to have a third stretch in his Nap Nanny.
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