The last 6 weeks have been busy for us: a baby, nose surgery, moving, unpacking, sickness, a wedding, a baby blessing, family reunions, new job, birthdays, sickness again. Not much of a postpardom recovery, needless to say.
Sweet Maya was sad alot when it came to nursing/eating. With much trial and error (and cleaning up alot of baby throw up) we have discovered that Maya has a pretty sensitive tummy and prefers if I don't drink milk or eat chocolate. It actually helps! I've been doing some research on the matter...apparently infant gastrointestinal tracts may have a hard time breaking down cow's milk protiens because they are still immature (0-4 months) It can cause them to be fussy, usually in the evenings (the feedings all day cause problems in the lower tract; painful gas, etc) and throw up ALOT (we're talking like a pint of barf!!) right after eating. Some experts call this 'colic' but I always thought colic was when babies cried and cried for no reason...and gassy bellies are clearly good reasons. Anyway, baby's intestines are supposed to be mature at 4 months, which is the end of the summer for Maya. So until then, I'll only be sneaking bites of chocolate and drinking soy milk. For those of you that know me well, going without ice cream that long just might kill me, but as a mother we sacrifice so much for our children: "Sacrifice brings for the blessings of Heaven.."
praise to the man, v4. Actually, I'll be just fine, infact I've already lost 4 pounds on my new 'diet.' Perhaps this will be good for me:)
