And the hangover continues....

So it seems we are taking 1 step forward then 2 steps back since week 2 began...this weekend I all of the sudden woke up pretty much all night Saturday night with cold chills and full body sweats as well as my entire body hurting b/c my mastitis came back with a vengeance. Ugh! So I started z-pak #2 yesterday, and we're going to monitor to see if it appears to be improving by tomorrow. 

Around the same time - it was like all of the sudden our super easy and laid back little Conley became a crazy, crying machine! And I mean machine! Kelly calls him a "chainsaw" because when he gets going he gets in this rhythm like someone trying to pull start a chainsaw nonstop! That alone makes me breakout in a full body sweat too, so Conley and I were quite the pair this weekend! We had his 2 week checkup today though, and Dr. Jim said shed some light on the situation saying the z-pak is what's making him fussy. That it's safe for me to take, but that it passes through the breastmilk and causes Conley to have stomach cramping, etc. Poor little guy! But at least there's a reason he all of the sudden seemed to change overnight! He also started wanting to nurse almost NONSTOP! I was literally getting maybe a 20-45 minute break between nursing sessions yesterday. That's hard to do when you feel well - much less when you are suffering from flu like symptoms! But we survived! And he let me sleep 4 hours straight last night! Yea! A record so far!! 

Anyway - we both seem to feel better today, so that's progress and we'll continue to monitor until tomorrow to see if it improves! Fingers crossed!

Riley still likes him. Although he says - Conley cries a lot. Even said - don't cry all day Conley as he was leaving for school this morning! So sweet! I'm hoping Conley and I can turn the corner on this mastitis and antibiotic spell so I'm able to give Riley some more undivided attention. I know his life has drastically changed, and I feel guilty when I have to stop doing something with him so I can nurse Conley. I don't want him to feel like he always has to take a backseat to Conley. That's not fair either.... I'm sure we'll all figure it out together as we go along.