Amy is sick too (15 weeks)

This was my third week back to work full time. It has been challenging. We have had many issues. Austin had been sick which made things really difficult. Then I got his cold which turned into pneumonia! I was so sick. I had a fever of 101.1. Because I was so sick, Brian had to take care of Austin mostly by himself for a few days. I was sad I could not spend time with them. Brian was wonderful!

Austin and I have been on antibiotics for a while now. We are both feeling much better! Being sick was so miserable. I am so happy everyone in our house is well again. Amazingly Brian never got sick!

This week my milk supply has decreased. It’s so frustrating. I think it was a combination of being sick, stress, and pump issues. I had to use two frozen servings for Austin this week. I was hoping not to use any frozen milk yet but I had to. I guess that is why I have so much frozen. I am currently pumping five times a day. I use to be able to make a bottle in 15 minutes now it is more like 25 minutes. It is really time consuming. I am starting to get sick of pumping. My goal is to feed Austin breast milk for 6 months. I have two and half more months to go.

Today is my first mother’s day. I love being a mom. Brian and Austin were very good to me. Austin got me a picture collage with several pictures of us together. It is so cute. Austin used diapers as wrapping paper. He did not know any other way to wrap it (according to Brian). At least the diapers were clean. Brian got me two other cute pictures of Austin. They are now hanging in our living room. I love it!!




My mom and dad are coming over later for mother’s day. We will have dinner together and they will get to spend time with Austin. It is amazing how fast Austin is growing. They usually see him once a week. He changes so much in a week.

Austin can now roll over on to his side easily. He still does not roll over much from his stomach to his back but that is coming (he's only done it 2 times to date). He now holds on to things very well. He has a butterfly toy that he loves to play with. We ordered him an exercise saucer yesterday. He still loves his little play gym. We are amazed how much he can now reach. At first we never thought he would be able to reach everything in it. It is fun to watch him grow.