things are looking up

Last week was pretty rough, what with the sleep deprivation and the feline redirected aggression and breastfeeding pain and all. But now things are definitely looking up!

First, Mac's eye seems to be healed. (Yay!)  Second, Rose has been sleeping for at least one 4-hour stretch each night. (Hallelujah!!) Third, we've been able to nurse full-time without pain for the last couple days!  Now that I'm not so tied to the pump, this has given me the courage to venture out with Rose a lot more - getting regular fresh air has been so helpful!  And, finally, we got Lucy started on some Kitty Prozac (which we had been hesitant to do for sooo long), but it seems to be a wonder drug! She is much more calm, but not all doped up. Better yet, we've already been able to start reintroducing the cats already! The last times they fought, it has always taken WEEKS to reintroduce them. But Lucy is so calm now that she's already starting to feel comfortable again around Mac - in fact, they're both sleeping on the couch right now! (Opposite ends of the couch, but still!) What a relief.

In other news, Mike and I had our first "date night" last night. I was anxious leading up to it, but it ended up being GREAT. We went to see our favorite pianist, Yevgeny Sudbin, perform a Mozart concerto with the MN Orchestra, then stopped at Dairy Queen on the way home. (We actually left at intermission since we both hate Sibelius so much, and that was all that was on the second half of the program. We wanted to leave on a high note, and we knew Sibelius couldn't top Sudbin and Mozart!) I had expected a lot of tears from anxiety and guilt about leaving Rose so soon, but actually my only tears were when I realized that it felt great to be away for a bit and then I felt guilty about not feeling more guilty. (Argh! I can't win!)

So a great big thanks to Grandma Roles and Grandpa Fly for watching Rose so we could go out! Since it went well, we'll definitely plan another night out at some point in the future, so we will be taking someone else up on their babysitting offer. (Grammy, you're next on the list to be asked! Then Marcy!)

I'm so glad things are looking up all around. And to end this post on another high note, here's a photo of Rose's 6am "milk coma" yesterday morning: