My wife is a badass.
Arden had a really tough night Friday night. Lots of gas, spit up and according to Aaliyah, was generally uncomfortable and up most of the night. She was on formula, and the next day, started developing a rash on her right eye.
That’s when Tandy sprung into action and was basically unstoppable. All day Saturday, she plugged into all her networks, including groups we are new to on Facebook, and put the call out into the world for donated breast milk. After what must have been hundreds of text messages and communications, we started hearing back from moms as far away as Iowa and Georgia, ready to help Arden by pumping. But we needed an immediate solution — we just simply couldn’t imagine Arden going through another horrid night, eating something we knew didn’t sit right with her. And then… milk-pot!
As it turns out, Sat was Sept 11th, and Daina decided she wanted to do a good deed to commemorate that fateful day. Since her family was going to be moving in November, she decided to give her stash of breast milk away, and connected with her lactation consultant (LC) to see if anyone needed help. PERFECT TIMING! Her LC happened to see our post, our families vetted each other, and boom, Tandy arrived home victorious at the end of the day with enough breast milk to last us a week or two.
Arden was on breast milk all day today, and already, her rash is a little less angry. She did sleep most of the day today and probably hasn’t eaten enough, but it feels like she is needing to recover a bit.
We will see how it goes. Arden sees the doc again on Tuesday.
I have so much gratitude to be on this journey with Tandy, with someone so committed, so loving and so powerful in such complementary ways. As Leah pointed out tonight, we are both on paths that we would not be on, if not for the other. Not only is that a sign of the love and trust in our relationship, it is also an opportunity for growth and healing neither of us might have known. Amen to that!
Adventures with Arden 