I would say the fun doesn't REALLY start until at least 6 months. It seems far away but its not! In the blink of an eye he will no longer be a baby, or a toddler, but a KID. Its weird, so enjoy the baby stages while you can :)
As far as your frustration with feeding... its normal. I know its hard sometimes, but the "feeding frenzy" you speak of? I experienced that much demand for the breast with Niya at 1 year of age. Its all meant to keep your supply up. 2.5 hours is a normal nursing session in my book :) I try not to even bother with the time, or think about it as him nursing. I just relinquish myself to the fact that my breasts need to be available 24/7.
Do you cosleep? We do. Indra nurses almost the entire night. If you can do that and just keep switching sides all night it could decrease some of the daytime feeding so you have more time to yourself when it really counts.
As for laundry... yeah we go through about 16-24 diapers a day. Plus at least as many cloth wipes, plus niyamas diapers and training pants. So you KNOW I do *several* loads a day. Sorry all the momma stuff has got you down. Just know its normal. All the feeding/changing you are doing is not excessive at all. You'll start to fall into a routine soon and it will get easier. Like I said, enjoy the baby-days, they fly by much too fast!
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Date: 2008-07-22 02:42 pm (UTC)As far as your frustration with feeding... its normal. I know its hard sometimes, but the "feeding frenzy" you speak of? I experienced that much demand for the breast with Niya at 1 year of age. Its all meant to keep your supply up. 2.5 hours is a normal nursing session in my book :) I try not to even bother with the time, or think about it as him nursing. I just relinquish myself to the fact that my breasts need to be available 24/7.
Do you cosleep? We do. Indra nurses almost the entire night. If you can do that and just keep switching sides all night it could decrease some of the daytime feeding so you have more time to yourself when it really counts.
As for laundry... yeah we go through about 16-24 diapers a day. Plus at least as many cloth wipes, plus niyamas diapers and training pants. So you KNOW I do *several* loads a day.
Sorry all the momma stuff has got you down. Just know its normal. All the feeding/changing you are doing is not excessive at all. You'll start to fall into a routine soon and it will get easier. Like I said, enjoy the baby-days, they fly by much too fast!
p.s. i'll send those diapers this week!