The Living Room

We've set up operations (with the help of Grandma) in the living room and spend most of the day here. We have the changing station, Peleh's 0-3 wardrobe, pumping station, and our eating and napping spots. It's a nice little set-up.  Everyone has their own sitting area.  I take the couch with Peleh when feeding.  Deseo has her love seat.  Noah is on the other love seat and Seeger is in the rocking chair Banita and Pop bought for us.  With occasional trips into the kitchen and bathroom, we spend pretty much the whole day in the living room.  We eat our meals, do our work, take naps, and watch movies all day, everyday.  It's a good life in the Living Room.

I tried to go back to sleep after the 1:30 this morning and just didn't feel good. I was chilly and  achy. Noah gave me an extra blanket and took the 4:30 and 7:30 so I could rest. This morning we did some web-md research and diagnosed that the soreness I noticed in my breast yesterday afternoon was probably an infection: mastitis - I'm not comfortable with this term because I've only heard it in reference to cows. I called the nurse hotline and was told it probably was mastitis and I should see a doctor today. At the time I had a fever and didn't feel like going to the doctor, so I slept for a little bit. In the late afternoon I called the police department and she took my name and number and the doctor on call gave me a call back. I went in and got some antibiotics and instructions for feeding, pumping and resting. Noah made me a hot pack with an unclaimed and un-paired sock we had floating around, and some rice. He actually used my sewing machine! It's amazing what my husband is willing to do when I don't feel good. I read that about 30% of breastfeeding women will contract mastitis, but now that I'm treating it, I should feel better in 1-2 days.

That's about all we did today.  Noah went for a bike ride with Deseo. It rained and snowed today. We had steak dinner (compliments of our friends the Leaches). Last night dinner was from Torrey, fried rice. Mmmm!