Yes, we had another baby and I am back to breastfeeding which I think could be considered a part-time job. Amelia Claire was born on March 31, 2011 at 12:25 p.m. and our house became even more of a circus than it already was with a two year old. 
Actually, we are managing but we’ve had lots of help from family, our nanny, and each other. I remember David and I arguing more when our first child, Graham, was born. We each seemed to think we knew the right way to give a bath or get him to burp or some other menial task. Now we know the important thing is to stick together since the numbers in our house are now even. David said we are “Team ‘Rents.” It’s been great feeling like a supportive team.
As usual I digress. So maybe in one of my less-than-supportive moments I was nursing the baby and calling out to David tips on how to encourage Graham to poop on the potty. Sometimes the kid is challenging and I’ve learned a few tricks along the way but I think I was being a bit like the Poop General. Then it got me thinking that not only am I the Poop General but I have to monitor pretty much all bodily functions around this house– including breast milk or Liquid Gold as my friend Angela calls it.
Mia is now four weeks old and has only had maybe two bottles which is the beautiful part about being lucky enough to have so much time off work. When I went back to work with Graham he was almost seven months old and I had to pump three times a day just to make the two bottles he got while I was gone. I had quite the chubster! It was a pretty stressful time for me and boy did I have to regulate that breast milk. The newest bottles went in the back, the oldest in the front. Everything was carefully labeled with scotch tape. If it were three days old and unused it had to immediately be labeled and moved to the freezer. Talk about the Breast Milk General. If you realize what you have to go through to get it though you understand where I’m coming from.
Well, I was at Target the other day and I discovered the most simple yet useful invention that is going to help me a ton in regulating the Liquid Gold: Medela Breastmilk Labeling Lids. No more messing around with the scotch tape and sharpies to keep track of how old the milk is. Just pop a labeling lid on there, select the day (and even morning, noon, or evening) and voila. Your bottle is labeled. When I googled this product to find a picture an article came up about them winning an innovation award. Where were these suckers two years ago?? Ah well, they’re here now and I love them.
http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/media-center/131/medelas-breastmilk-labeling-lids-win-jpma-innovation-award
P.S. pictures of Mia to come once I figure out how to work our new camera. I’ve taken some pictures- just don’t know how to transfer them to my computer yet. Yeah, well, at least I took some right?!
