Did I mention how much nursing sucks? So when I had Madi she had absolutely zero interest in nursing and so we ended up just feeding her formula. That ended up being a better route for us since I still work full time and all. This time around Bryon and I thought we would try the nursing route to try to keep costs down since we learned last time that formula is incredibly expensive, especially when you have to feed specialized formula. So in the Hospital we gave it a go and Eastyn seemed to pick it up ok and we were excited to see that it was going to actually work. I was diligent in making sure E ate every 3-4 hours but I thought it sucked that he was nursing for an hour each time. It seemed like that was all we were doing! He was so small and frail and he just never really looked like he was growing. We took him in to his 2 week check up and our pediatrician about freaked out when he hit the scales at 6 lbs 11 oz. We didn't know why he had dropped SO much weight. Hopefully this isn't too much information but apparently I wasn't making milk. Since I never nursed Madi I had no idea that I didn't have milk come in. He was getting a little bit of something but obviously he wasn't getting fed. Bryon and I were devistated as you can imagine! Here we are 2 weeks later finding out that our son hadn't been fed for that whole time. We imediately got him on some fatty formula and 2 days later he weighed in at 7 lbs 4 oz. - luckily the formula is working. Looking back there were so many signs that we should have picked up on, but we just didn't know! This is weighing down on my heart pretty darn hard! My poor son. If we learned anything though, it is how resilient this little guy is! He hardly fussed at all especially considering he was literally starving to death! I guess we have started him off as one tough little cookie! So, watch out world ~ He's here!
On March 18, 2010 at 8:15 am Eastyn Grant joined our little family. He weighed in at 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 inches long. He was a little bit early but not nearly as big as we were expecting. In our Doctor's own words, genetically, Bryon and I make large babies..... We were expecting another almost 9 pound baby and were shocked to see how little this one was. I delivered at the new hospital and the help there was sub-par to say the least. One of Bryon's best friends wife delivered a week before I did at the same hospital and they went on and on about how great their nurses were and all the swag they picked up on the last day of their visit. I didn't even get a water bottle. Seriously??? I would hope we weren't so awful to take care of that they all hated us. I sincerely can't imagine that being the case. I mean look at us, we are both so easy going..... Ü We were told several times that we had the new nurses so I am sure that was the problem, but it still sucks to wait 30 minutes after you call for a nurse and miss out on free stuff when all this baby crap gets SO expensive!!! Have I complained enough yet? Well, unfortunately I am just getting started. My pregnancy this time around was pretty easy if I do say so myself. I never had morning sickness, I didn't start swelling up until the last month or so. The delivery itself was fine. 
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