1wk update

This week has flown by, cant believe I was beginning labor last saturday! I guess it does when you are busy! We definitely have been able to focus alot on Dreycin with family here, and he is adjusting so well to the new baby. It is truly an amazing love to watch grow between Dreycin and Bronson. Dreycin no longer sees or acknowledges anyone but the baby when he walks into a room, or wakes up from nap or in the morning. Dreycin will whine a little when im breastfeeding the baby, and he hasnt asked to breastfeed so yesterday I offered it to him and he said "No, yuck." Well fine then.....I guess he forgot he was a breastfed boy!
We went to Bronson's 1st appointment this week, and he was already back up to birth weight, weighing 8lbs 3oz. I was pretty pisted off the entire appointment, because we had been referred to this pediatrician Dr Twedt by families on base, including our insurance represenative on base.......but the stupid idiot dr (i want to call him worse things) asked me 4x to supplement??????????????????????????????????????????????
I was so mad, because normally a baby does not reach birth weight until the 2nd week. No wonder so many women get discouraged, its stupid pediatricians like him that do not encourage breastfeeding.  He kept saying well if "you need a break at night" or "let me just give you one can"......Are you f'ing kidding me, Derek cut the guy off like every single time and told him "No thanks anyways" and "My kids will never take formula." And let me just add that if there were some medical reason that I could not breastfeed, we would have to find an alternative like I would probably ask my friend Stefanie for breastmilk!! HAHA!! No really, im not dogging on those that cant produce, but the people that simply give up or are persuaded by others like their Pediatrician or generations who did not breastfeed is an uneducated decision on their part. Needless to say im finding a new pediatrician, and filing a complaint with our insurance. If anything it just makes me sad.
I just googled the breastfeeding report card state by state for 2011....
Georgia 27.1% exclusively at 3mos and at 6months 10.1%
Texas 30.1% at 3months and 13.5% at 6months.
Kentucky 24.2% at 3mos and 9.8% at 6mos.
Overall the top states that breastfed were California, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Wyoming. All these states had almost a 50% rate of breastfeeding at 12months.
http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/2011BreastfeedingReportCard.pdf

In other news, Bronson has managed to pee on everyone and everything in the house. And as I was writing this he just managed to poop-squirt-explode on my mom, yesterday he did the same thing to her but it shot across the bed onto the carpet! my mom is scared to change anymore diapers. as for sleeping at night Bronson eats around 11, then between 230-3am, then again close to 6am......he manages to sleep between feeds which is awesome!!!!!!
Breastfeeding is great, its the engorgement that has caused me so much pain since wednesday. So i sent my dad to get a head of cabbage and also started cold compresses a few times a day. I also called the lactation nurse I saw in the hospital who suggested those things in addition to letting Bronson only finish off one boob then pump the other since it was obvious I am overproducing again. My other indicator was that Bronson was getting really really gassy, and sometimes that is caused by the baby not getting the hindmilk which has digestive enzymes to help baby digest more easily and stay full longer. Instead of eating every 2hrs we are eating every 3, he wasnt even making it to 1hr 50min. we are alot less gassy and fuller longer, and mama has gotten relief from the engorgement today, day 6!
Bronson is barely there in his newborn clothes, which I didnt buy any of since the drs were so adamant I would have a 9lb baby. Dreycin fit his for 1wk......and were all basically new unused. He isnt even out of newborn diapers yet, and we actually went and bought some more because the size 1 diaper he is still swimming in and pees out of! Seems as if he is gonna be my skinny and lean boy! I cant tell where his weight is coming from, because in Dreycin you could see it all in his face.

In the last two weeks Dreycin has had 2 firsts! 1st was going bowling, and the second was his first haircut!

Yesterday we spent the afternoon with Jessica, a fellow Marine wife and friend of mine that takes fabulous pictures. I have a feeling they are gonna turn out really awesome! I cant wait to see them!
My dad left for Texas today, he got to stay a week, almost half of which we were in the hospital. I still cant believe I went into labor the night he got here. I cant begin to express the relief that Derek and I felt knowing that Dreycin would be with a family member he knew while we were in the hospital. Sad to see him go, but he was here when we needed someone the most. Kind of crazy how all that managed to work out.