Life with a baby!

Sadly....or rather Gladly...
Life hasn't been very hard with a baby.
It's been rather easy.
HOWEVER
That may be because I've had multiple helpers.
My mom and sister were her for 2 and a half weeks.
When they left I have a pretty awesome ward family who brought us dinners for 5 nights.
And now I have Ty's family here, his mom and sister happen to be quite the babysitters. ;)
(Hence why I'm able to blog...)

I may be getting ahead of myself though. When they leave and I'm totally without help, things may change. I've had people who've taken the baby at nights basically half of this little guys life! Lack of sleep might start within the next month.

I've had my trouble though.
Nursing mostly-and sadly it didn't deal with Payson (he was born ready to eat-he is his dad's child). I say sadly because if it was due to him, it wouldn't have been my body making it hard. haha I'd have someone else to blame it on. Sadly I don't have a scape goat. It's my fault. It's great now though!
-I've been through clogged ducts (bless my special healing powers for it not turning into mastitis...)
-I had a WAY oversupply of milk come in. (Which I guess is better than no milk coming in at all...) But because of the oversupply I pumped constantly. I suppose the problem with pumping right in the very early stages is your nipples are raw from the child eating them, and then the pump decided to eat them too. After my pump ate my nipples, I got a HUGE gouge--seriously huge, no exaggeration. I was pretty sure if it kept getting bigger the whole end was just going to fall off. (I really did think that at one point, and I was kinda scared it'd happen) I hat to get a freaking leather strap to bite down on after that ripped open, Ty would have to hold me and make sure I didn't squish our child, and I'd cry. Thankfully I have a pretty cool friend who told me about some pretty awesome nipple protectors. They saved my life. I was going to quit nursing. (I'm not pro nursing nor pro formula--I just wanted to nurse for the convience. Do I think breast milk makes you smarter for real? No. Tyson and I was fed formula. I like to think I'm pretty smart,and I think Tyson is pretty smart. However...could you imagine my brain power if I was fed breast milk? maybe I'd be smarter! Tyson might have been to smart for himself though...it could have been detrimental to him, I don't know if I'd have married him, he'd have been a bigger nerd than he already is...back to nipple protectors...) SAVED MY LIFE! I could still nurse.
-After I found a lifesaver of nipple protectors, Payson ended up having a bloody diaper. He was acting really really fussy, then a really bad diaper. SCARED ME TO DEATH! I liked to think I'd be a chill parent. Obviously not. However, I think that blood in a diaper would scare even the most chillest parent ever. So we go into the doctors. (June 13) Turns out Doc says it's not a big deal in newborns (still can't get that through my head.) It just means that they have an allergy to something I'm eating. Really? The most common allergy is Dairy. So I try to cut out dairy. Didn't dawn on me for 4 days what all dairy was in. So I re think what I'm going to do. Do I really try to cut out dairy? or do I quit nursing. I ponder it, cry, got a blessing, cry, ponder it, and my conclusion came from the fact that I didn't nurse in pain for 4 days because of a cut on my nipple for nothing...I was going to nurse. haha. I decided I'd do it for at least 3 months. That means it's only 2 more months of going dairy free. Veagan diet here I come...except for the fact I'm still eating meat. It's more of a mix between Vegan and the Atkins. haha. Excellent.

Payson is doing great. He's a wonderful child. I love him. I really like being a mom too. It's amazing how it really is the womens calling in life. Whether the mom works or not, it's wired in their brain to know how to be a mom, and I know it's because that's the Lords plan. I love it too.

Best thing about Motherhood so far: cuddling with my little guy.