We have a sleeper folks!

Warning: this blog entry may piss some people off.  Let me start off by saying I am someone who NEEDS their sleep.  (So why did I have 3 kids?) Honestly, I can remember in High School needing to go to bed at 9pm to make my 6am wake up call.  I hated away basketball games in far away places like Medina on school nights.  I would make my parents take me home from those games just to get home sooner than riding the bus back to school.  I have always been an early riser but I am no night owl.  Brady, my oldest was by far the worst sleeper.  He had allergies and seemed to always have an upset stomach.  I can remember being up from 11am - 4am and crying because he wouldn't sleep and going batshit crazy!  I was a freaking mess.  Steve and I laugh now because what the heck were we so overwhelmed with 1 kid for.  I think you get more efficient at the more kids you have.  Eventually, at 8 months old after a bad allergic reaction and a trip to the ER, he was taken off milk and started sleeping.  When we brought Pierce home I was prepared for the worst.  Imagine my surprise when he set up his own schedule.  Pierce would go to bed at 8:30 every night, get up at 11:30 and 3:30 to nurse and right back down till 7am.  It was beautiful!  Little did I know he would cling to 1 feeding till he was 7 months old.  But hey, he made the beginning wonderful.  So I wondered, could I really be that lucky twice?  I was already dreading the sleepless nights with a newborn before #3 came out.  I just really don't do well without sleep.  I will confess my birthday wish right before Brady blew out my candles, was for a good sleeper.  Well Folks, we have a sleeper!  Reid likes to conk out at 8pm after cluster feeding since 5:30pm every night.  And he has been getting up once a night to nurse, usually around 2am.  He is the best!  And such a good nurser.  The lactation nurse could not believe his 11 oz. weight gain in 1 week.  I don't know why or how I got so lucky but I am grateful!! Reid is way past birth weight and we don't have to go back till he is 2 months old.  Reid likes a binky.  It's funny, I never gave Brady one and Pierce got one after a few weeks.  With #3 he got his binky on at 2 days old.  I guess you can say I'm a lot less concerned with that nipple confusion nonsense!  Still waiting for that darn belly button to fall off - it is taunting me.  I somehow managed to lose 21 lbs. in less than 2 weeks.  Hopefully, from my bottom lip :)  As long as baby is putting on weight I don't really care what the scale says.  I refuse to even think about calories or fat when breastfeeding.  And celebrities that diet while breastfeeding are freakin idiots!  It isn't about mom, it's about the baby.  And our baby is doing awesome!  There is no better feeling than the "Way to go mom" you get from the Dr. or nurse when your baby gains weight and you are breastfeeding.  It's like all your hard work paying off :)  Here's our rock star! 

We have been eating a lot of sandwiches around here because it's easy.  BLT's, tuna melts, grilled cheese and pb & j.  Both of our parents sent over a turkey dinner so we had our fill of turkey.  And there's always pizza!  I have been drinking gallons of water over here because I am so freakin thirsty ALL the time.  I stopped taking Motrin and am trying to wean myself off the abdominal binder.  I feel so much better with it on and the soreness isn't there.  But as soon as I take it off the soreness comes right back.  I stopped sleeping with it on so that's a start I guess.  Can't believe baby will be 2 weeks old already tomorrow.  Almost time for the first bottle :)  Which is great because I need to see Ben Affleck's new movie - that man is gorgeous!