Breastfeeding Withdrawals

Well folks, what a bitter sweet moment this is... I say this with a tear in my eye...Yes it is true, I have officially stopped breastfeeding. sniff sniff. As badly as I hated breastfeeding the first month of Paislee's life I am heartbroken that it is coming to an end. I always thought I would try and breastfeed till Paislee was at least one, but my body had different plans. Once we started introducing solids to Paisers I slowly noticed my milk going away...She no longer needed to eat every 3 hours or so which was lovely, yet I noticed my milk wasn't coming in as well. So what did I do? I immediately tried feeding Paislee way more often and trying to get my milk supply back. Have you ever tried breastfeeding a non-hungry 7 month old who is interested in anything and everything besides eating? NOT HAPPENING! So that idea didn't work.... So I carried on with feeding her like I was (low milk supply & all) and what happens....CONSTIPATION! I swear Paislee was constipated every single day (give or take 1 or 2 days a week) and I felt so bad for the poor little bugger. I didn't realize I was the reason until about 4 weeks into the constipation when I decided to give her formula during the day and breast feed her only in the morning and at night. It cleared up just like that! Well, as I switched to the morning and evening feedings what happened??? My milk obviously took a turn for the worse. Can I really only breastfeed my child if I am feeding her every 3 hours? Stupid boobs. So I have finally decided to stop trying & move onto the money sucking formula. I think I am handling this change far worse than Pais. On a more positive note, I am super excited to get my body back to COMPLETE normal now. Hopefully this engorged feeling doesn't last too much longer.....I feel like I am going to POP! Anyways, enough about my breasts and milk.... I love my little Paislee Ann and can't believe what a grown up girl she is now! Now I just need to get her trained to not pull my shirt down and or try to suck on my boob through my shirt in public...Although it shows she is getting smart and learning, its quite embarassing to say the least (especially when you are trying to make new friends in your ward and your holding a baby that is pulling your shirt down and biting at your boobs...) Thanks for letting me vent!

Let's start off the update with the Chubby Guts!

Ok so I feel overwhelmed with all that needs to be blogged about recently, so I am going to take this one step at a time. I have been meaning to do a 6 month post for my little Paislee Poo and as you all now know, have had no time to do so....Well folks, she is now almost 7 months so this is way over due. Paislee had her 6 month check-up a few weeks ago and weighed in at 17 lb. 15 oz (80%), 26" tall (52%) & her head measured 17.5 " (91%). The doctor said she is VERY VERY healthy. haha I am so grateful for her incredible health. She continues to grow more and more every day and is getting smarter by the second. Here are a few things Paislee's been up to since I last posted about her.....

Paislee started sitting up on her own when she was 4 months old. Now that she is almost 7 months old she is super solid at sitting on her own and she rolls over really well. She is SO close to crawling now and will probably start crawling any day!


Paislee got her first hair cut at 5 months old from Grandma Wood. She didn't mind it one bit!

Of course we had to have a couple toys in her hands to help distract her

When Paislee was around 5 months old Jayson started doing this with Paislee and she loved it! It makes her smile so big every single time he does this to her and she stands on his hand so solid. She keeps her legs stiff and he then throws her in the air like a cheerleader. He has been doing this almost two months now and she already can stand on her own if she is holding something and can pull herself up to a standing position all on her on.

She's been sportin a pony tail more often lately. Her hair was dark dark brown when she was born and now her hair is going so light. You can barely tell that she still has alot of hair.


Paislee got her first cold about a week ago. She had a really bad cough and runny nose. Although she looked like she felt like poop she still had a smile on her face, laughed all day and wanted to play 24/7. She is started to get alot better now but still has a little bit of a cough.

Paislee at exactly 6 months got her first teeth! This is her "teething face". She started doing this face and we thought it was so funny, then a couple days later her two lower teeth started coming through. They are so stinking cute and growing in really fast! Whenever Jayson and I eat in front of her she watches how we chew and opens and closes her mouth like she is chewing. I have been giving her little pieces of food lately and she loves chewing with her 2 little teeth.



Paislee welcomed her new cousin Oaklee to the world! Paislee now isn't the youngest in Jayson's family. We all thought Paislee looked so small until this little cutie was born. Paislee looks HUGE now!


Paislee loves Oaklee so so much!

We had a family cookie night where we made sugar cookies and took them to a few different people. It was so much fun and Paislee loved the frosting!

Grandpa Wood got Paisle this outfit from Cabela's. Now Paislee can go hunting with Dad!




Here is just a cute little picture of our chubby guts. I think chubby guts explains this little girl perfectly!

Our cute little family! We decided to all wear our camo to Jayson's parents house for Sunday dinner the other day. We thought we were pretty funny

**I will be posting soon with all the pictures of the big move and our lovely new home...Stay tuned!**

Holy Smokes Life Has Been CRAZY!

I just quickly wanted to write and say that I have not given up on the blogging world my friends. I have been so so busy the past few weeks that blogging has been the last thing on my mind. We haven't had internet since we MOVED INTO OUR NEW HOUSE! Yes, you heard me, we got our house and are finally settling in. Oh how I love my house. It feels so good to finally be here and getting things all set up and homey again. I will be posting here shortly all the pictures and details. Also, Paislee is 6 1/2 months old now and getting busier and busier than ever. I will make sure to post all about my little angel here soon as well. I have so many pictures to post and so many things to write about but little time to do so. Please don't give up on looking at my blog people....I PROMISE here shortly I will get some time to sit down and update you all. Love you all!