Day 2 back at work.

Lets see if I can re-cap what’s been going on since my last (and only) post. W is now 12 weeks old and a happy chubby baby. He has had the occasional bottle, but 95% of the time it’s all me. He now knows how to tolerate my over active let down, and I have around 60 oz in the freezer. That is by no means a huge stash, but it’s a start.

So I went back to work yesterday (on a Wednesday). Over the previous 4 days I had pumped enough to leave W with 3, 3oz bottles on Wednesday morning. If he drank those I would leave the milk I pumped in the morning at work for him to have that afternoon. From previous experience, I know that my babies typically only take 2-3 oz at a time. I was trying to remember, but I believe my first son P would at the max have 4-5 oz in the morning and 4-5 oz in the afternoon before he started on solids around 6 months.

At 7:40 I left for work. My boss had miscalculated my leave and didn’t expect me back for another week, so the pile of work I was expecting wasn’t there. Instead I just helped my other co-workers with their projects. This left me fairly flexable to pump when I needed to. At 10am I locked my office door to pump. About 10 minutes later I had 12 oz!!! I couldn’t believe it! I’m sure this quantity won’t last for ever, but it’s a good way to get a head start!

When I went home for lunch W and only consumed part of one bottle. He was awake and happy so I nursed him on both sides- more for my benefit than anything. He ate, but wasn’t overly enthusiastic about the whole thing. That afternoon he ate another half a bottle and I pumped 7oz around 3pm.

As soon as I got home from work I sat on the couch with W and the other two kids and nursed. W seemed a bit more hungry than before, but rather than overflowing with milk like I usually am, I was a bit drained, so W just sat and actually “nursed it” for a while. He seemed to enjoy not being shot in the mouth with an explosive stream of milk.

This morning, day 2, I had to go in early for a 7am meeting. W slept really well last night, only waking one time to really eat, and fussing another time for a few sucks. I assume he will be hungrier today than yesterday since he didn’t eat much during the night. He was still sleeping when I got up, so I went a head and pumped before work. I got 8 oz, but right as I was about to leave W woke up. I poured 3oz in a bottle and gave it to my husband to offer him. It’s now 10am an I have only received one text from my husband, so I’m assuming it’s a busy day with all 3 kids at home- but he did say, W didn’t finish his bottle, so while he was changing diapers, P walked up and grabbed the unfinished portion and drank it all… P is a notorious drink/sippy cup thief!