I'm still not eating dairy, for Kaitlyn's sake. I had a little bit of cheese, a few days in a row, and she seemed upset and didn't sleep as well. That was a couple of weeks ago, so I have since cut dairy out of my diet again. While I am a chocoholic, it's not the candy bars I miss. It's the cheese. However, I am only three pounds away from my pre-baby weight, so I guess that's good. Now, if only my hips would move back into pre-pregnancy position faster so my clothing would fit properly.
I miss cheese.
P.S. Two nights in a row she went to sleep at 11:00 and slept through the night (waking up once to nurse). Last night, however, she fell asleep at 10:00, woke up at 10:45, and nothing would console her until 2:50 AM. Christian stayed up until 1:50, and then I woke up and took a turn.
Let's just say I am frustrated enough that today I am going to keep her on a rigid schedule and wake her up every three hours on the nose to nurse and play all day long. I am TOO OLD to be awake at 3:00 in the morning.
Oh, and I don't want to sound like I'm hating having a baby. I actually love it! She is so sweet and playful and I love having her in our home. Today I'm just feeling a little tired, hungry (for cheese), and cranky.
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I think it's time to start putting bourbon in her bottle.
I have a cousin in law who has to start cutting dairy out of her diet. A doctor thinks her baby has some sort of protein allergy. She (the mom) has the gluten allergy and so her food choices are already very limited. She's feeling pretty depressed about it.
I think you're amazing for doing this. I don't think I eat cheese everyday, but it's often enough that trying to cut it out would be a real problem for me.
Isn't a funny thing how, as a mum, you can feel frustrated and even a bit edgy, and yet still be LOVING it?
Huge sympathies on the no cheese thing. I went through that with Claira and it was SO rough, adoring her sweet little self notwithstanding!
Yea for the one night of success!! My boys have been an a pretty decent schedule for a few months, but every once in awhile I'm awakened LITERALLY every 30 minutes (they take turns) by one of them crying...love those nights, and the next day.
Oh man. Isn't this job the *bestest*?
Joseph was an extremely difficult baby with the eating and the sleeping. This is just me, but I found that allowing him to set his own schedule, and my paying attention to what that was and responding accordingly, actually made life a lot easier than trying to make him conform to my schedule. He was much happier and more content.
THIS IS JUST ME. Take it or leave it, you will figure it all out, I'm sure! I'm so glad you are enjoying her. :) You're awesome!
I have such admiration for women who give up so much to breastfeed. I failed miserably at breastfeeding with Keira (couldn't produce enough milk) and gave up after a couple of weeks and I didn't even try with Elaina. I am debating whether or not I want to try with this next one but at this point I wonder if I am just to used to the bottle for it to be a good experience for me even if I could produce the milk. Such decisions we moms have to make!
And this too, shall pass : )
Hang in there!
Good luck, girl!
((HUGS)) no cheese is just the worst! I hope you will get a chance to take a little nap sometime today while the babe is down for hers.
So me and dairy aren't friends, so I've become professional at the no cheese thing... BUT, I found this "cheese" at Sunflower Market that is actually a RICE based cheese -that is lactose free. I think it's pretty awesome. I've been eating it by the blocks. It's been you know YEARS since I've had the real deal, but I think it's great & it melts just like regular cheese, too.
All of the people I know who have cut the dairy feel so much better. I keep planning to go a week or two and see, but I cannot give up my cheese!
Good luck and hang in there!
Oh that would be hard, I too love cheese. I was told I should limit my cheese, dairy, citrus but I don't have to cut it out. I am sorry :(
I feel really bad for you for having to cut out dairy. But you're almost to your pre-baby weight, so the jealousy gets in the way a bit.
No cheese....oh man....what a bummer! I'm sorry and I hope cheese will be a part of your life again soon.
Oh girl---I feel your pain TOTALLY!!! All of a sudden last year, my body started rejecting lactose and I can't eat it without major pain. Milk, pudding, yogurt, oh just KILL me! I'm gluten intolerant already so it took out a major food group. :P Find some Almond Milk, it is HEEEEEEEAVEN!!! :) Good luck!
Hang in there! It's no fun to give up something you love. But at least it won't be forever, so hopefully that gives you a little bit of hope. :)
Awesome that you are back to your prepregnant weight! (I say that because I'm your, um, milk weighs around three pounds. . . ) I still eat a little dairy. I eat chocolate and a little cheese almost every day but no milk, no sour cream etc. It is HARD.
I hope this is the beginning of the end of being awake at night for you!
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