8 weeks

AJ is 8 weeks.   Wow.  He's becoming a little person.  He can hold his head up pretty well now when he's upright.  He's making all sorts of cute noises!  I love that.  And he smiles all the time.  

We had a low moment last week.  I had a day where I felt terrible.  I thought I might be getting sick.  I was fatigued, achy and had chills.   His thrush flared up and was giving me tons of pain.  The day got harder and harder and when I tried to nurse him at 7 I was having horrendous pain.  I decided to give him a bottle but when trying to make the bottle he was screaming so I started crying too.  Poor Steve got home to both of us balling.  We decided that I would pump for a day to let my body heal.  I took a long bath and Steve took AJ for a while.  That was such a great decision.  I've felt good all week since.  My body has healed and it barely hurts to feed him.  

I was nervous about pumping enough but I did ok.  It seems like he drinks more from the bottle than he would if he nursed.  So I did some research and found out that's true.  We started to offer a pacifier after the bottle and it's helped a lot!  I may also try premie nipples on the bottles to slow the flow.  He sucks down the bottles even with the newborn size.   I'm nervous he'll  drink more at daycare than he really "should" or actually needs to.  But I don't want him to run out of be hungry.  So I'm starting to freeze some so I can build my supply.   

We took AJ to the zoo this weekend.  I needed to get out.  It was a quick trip because it was hot.  But I was able to see my boss and coworker.  It was nice catching up.  I saw my cute bears, new skunk, manatees, our wolves and Panther.  Made me a little more happy about returning to work in a month. 

Tomorrow he gets his 2 month shots before his big trip to VA and NJ to visit family!!!   Big week ahead.  We can't wait! 

Also side note:   He loves his Boppy!