Our April

Our last month has been an interesting one, and it's hard to believe it's already May! Kendall had her 4-month doctor appointment, and Avery had her 3-year appointment at the same time. I'm thankful for two healthy girls.

I, however, was not doing too well, and on the weekend after their doctor appointment, my breastfeeding issues came to a point where I almost gave up. I had been dealing with clogged ducts on and off for many weeks, and then all of a sudden, I was having bleeding issues too, and Kendall was ingesting a lot of blood. I was feeling really frustrated because it was painful to nurse, and I was sore between nursing sessions. Also, my "go to" to alleviate stress is to run, and running seemed to be causing some of the problems.

I spoke with a lactation consultant a few times, and also ended up going to my doctor to make sure there wasn't a more serious problem (which there wasn't.) I started taking a lecethin supplement several times a day and trying my best to avoid foods with a high saturated fat content. Both seemed to really help and after about a week I finally didn't have any clogged ducts! I stayed clog-free for almost 3 weeks until I tried running a few times again, which definitely does seem to cause problems, so I'm done running for a little while. Breastfeeding seems to be going well again now (knock on wood.)

In the meantime, Avery finished her first year of pre-school...which was actually mommy-and-me preschool. She had a great year, and I'm looking forward to when she goes three days a week next year. She helped me make lollipop flowers the night before to give to her friends on the last day. She also got her teacher a nice flower that she could plant outside this spring.

I also got all of my pictures together of her at school, along with all of the crafts she made throughout the year, and I made a nice scrapbook for her to keep. It was a good way to keep all of her things and not have them floating around our house or thrown away anytime soon, which leads me to my next point.

I have started working on Avery and Kendall's Baby books (finally.) I have partially worked on Avery's before, but I'm trying to finish hers and keep up with Kendall's. They take up a lot of time, which has been cutting into my blogging time, but I'm working on making time for both.

Hopefully I'll post more in May than I did in April...we'll see.