Sleep...It Does A Body Good!

Susanne was completely exhausted and it was difficult to function normally in her environment. It was definitely taking a toll on her body to be so sleep deprived.

Susanne had a meeting at work with one of her bosses around 2:00 pm. After the meeting, Paxton got to hang out with some of Susanne's peeps for a little bit. Susanne had been telling some of her co-workers that Paxton had been smiling at her, but primarily when she would make monkey noises. Aunt Julie decided to try this out and it worked. Paxton smiled at Julie for the first time. It was so adorable. Paxton got a lot of snuggle time and he was really well behaved. Susanne decided to weigh him on one of the baby scales at work before they left. He weighed a total of 9 lb. 14 oz.. How awesome was that!

Once Susanne and Paxton left her place of work, Susanne decided to run a couple of errands. Before leaving the parking lot, Susanne had to set up Paxton's NG feeding. After that was set up, Susanne and Paxton left to run a couple of errands. As always, they did not get as much done as they had hoped. Susanne had found that it was so difficult to continue to take Paxton in and out of the car to
just quickly run in somewhere especially when he was connected to his feeding.

Susanne had run out of breastmilk bags that she used to pump directly into for fast, easy storage. She decided to pick some more up on her way home. In the store, she selected a different brand of bag because it was so much cheaper. Susanne later realized the reason behind this price difference.

When Susanne got home, she went upstairs to pump. She started using the new bags. Susanne was bummed when she found out that the new type of bags did not have a self stick strap that attached to the breastshield so that she could pump directily into the bag. Instead she was supposed to pump into bottles and then dump the milk into the bags for storage. This was not going to last long because Susanne didn't need to add anything else, like washing more dishes, to her day to day. Susanne had already attempted to use the bags when she realized the difference so she decided to just use them this one time. Halfway during the pumping, Susanne watched Paxton reach for his NG tube and give it a few tugs. Susanne tried to talk him out of it, but she got nowhere with that. Susanne simply stood up to try to turn off the pump and set everything down so she would have a free hand. Then, disaster happened. One of the bags fell off and the entire 4 oz. of breastmilk spilled all over the bed and comforter. This wouldn't be as tragic as it sounds if she had a functioning washing machine. Why can't anything just be straightforward and simple?

Colleen came over for "Pajama Party Thursday". Susanne was very excited to see her. Paxton was a little fussy throughout the earlier part of the evening, which was unlike him. No matter what they did to try to calm him, he would get agitated shortly after they left his room. Finally, they got him to fall asleep. Colleen and Susanne caught up with each other and discussed what had been going on in their lives. Shortly thereafter, they were off to bed. Susanne was so relieved to have someone over to help with the feedings. Sleep was underrated.