In Domperidone, that is.
Lately, I’ve been thrilled to get 3/4 of an ounce from one side in the morning, or even half an ounce in the afternoon/evening. (Not that that’s nearly enough for Christina — it’s just that that’s a lot for me to manage to pump.)
I talked to my lactation consultant (Wendy Blumberg), […]

And rest.

We’ve known, since Christina was just under two weeks old, that I have a low milk supply.  This doesn’t come as a surprise, since it was low with Angelina and Alexander as well, but it’s disappointing anyway.
We’re doing everything we can to increase it:  Fenugreek, Blessed Thistle, and Alfalfa, three times/day; pumping as often as […]

Last night, Clint got Christina to go to sleep without nursing; she slept until I woke her at 4 am, then slept another 2 hrs or so!
She was pretty happy all morning, but started getting fussy around 10:30, so he tried it again, and it worked again — she slept for three hours!
As I type […]

Christina has had some fussy afternoons and evenings of late — if I’d been posting more regularly, you’d already know that — and today was one of them. (Probably one of the fussiest ones.)
For whatever reason, Christina loves to be outside. (I think it’s the trees. I love trees, and as much […]

Christina has both!
Hemangiomas are vascular birthmarks—abnormal clusters of blood vessels beneath the surface of the skin. Nearly one third of babies are born with light pink patches at the napes of their necks, commonly referred to as stork bites. Others have a splash of pink in the middle of their foreheads or eyelids, […]

This post, that is.  It’s late and I’m a little sick, so it’s got to be a quick one.
Saturday (June 9) Christina rolled over on her side for the first time.  Carole had her on the ottoman in front of the couch—the normal landing pad for diapers wet, dirty, or otherwise.  Almost from the beginning […]

Oggy, that is. Or oggie, auggie, or auggy, depending on your pleasure. This being the word game I started with the kids, oh, four months ago, never imagining it would have so much mileage. It started innocently enough on the way to school one morning, when I told Alexander he couldn’t make […]

Yes, three weeks to the day after she left the water, she went back into it for the first time. And overall, she really didn’t like it. No gnashing of teeth, since she’s all gums at this point, but plenty of wailing. Surprised me a bit, actually, considering she spent nine months in […]

Considering Christina was born on May 15 at 9:28, it was rather bizarre to notice, several days later, the card on the refrigerator noting the date and time of what would have been our next appointment there: