March 2015: Seschloneger

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

My Breastfeeding Story // Cort

My Breastfeeding Story with Cort 2/14 - 3/15

I nursed Cort a total of 401 days.

First I want to say how happy and blessed I am that I was able to breastfeed Cort,
Before having Cort I really didn't know what to expect. I had heard all the horrible story's about cracked and bleeding nipples, enforcement, mastitis, biting, but I still knew this is what I wanted to do for my son! There were SO MANY amazing reasons to breastfeed.
So here is where our story starts,
The first time I saw Cort and he started nursing,
I knew this was something I was going to love!
Holding him, hearing his little noises,
gulping down milk that I am able to provide for him!

-The first few days after we got home things were going great, he nursed & latched great! I really didn't have any issues, about 3 days after he was born my milk came in, and let me tell you, Cort did NOT know what to do with it, he screamed for about a hour that night because he wasn't sure what was going on, but after that things went great, he'd eat about every 2 hours and 3-5 hours at night and a pacifier would help him sleep alittle longer.

--When Cort was not quite a month one day I started feeling achy, feverish and I knew I had mastitis! Man that was rough! Luckily John was home because it was the weekend, so he helped with Cort and meals, I basically just laid in bed, drank water put heat packs on my breasts and nurse Cort a ton! I think God was telling Cort to nurse more then he usually does, and I think that's why I got over it so quick & didn't need medicine. About 24hours later I was all better!

-Cort was about 2 months when John gave Cort his first bottle, he took it great, I didn't have a need to give it to him, but I wanted to make sure he would be able to drink from one of we ever needed him to,
When Cort was about 5 1/2 months o bought a sippy cup, It was summer and figured that when I'm out somewhere were I can't feed him or something alittle sip of water would be good for him so he wouldn't get to warm in the summer heat, PROBLEM. I gave Cort a sip or two of water, for the next 7 1/2 hours Cort would not nurse!! It was awful! I thought my breastfeeding journey would be over! He REFUSED to nurse! But finely he fell asleep and I got him to nurse in his sleep, and he started nursing again after that, but I decided to wait with the sippy cup for awhile!

-At 6 months we started doing baby led weaning he would kind of eat, but nursing was definitely his main source of food. I gave him a sip of water here and there with his sippy cup as he ate and that worked good and kept nursing good. Also at 6 months Cort weaned himself from a pacifier, he just suddenly lost interest, and haven't taken one since.

-Cort at 7 months started getting really particularly about where he wanted to eat, he only wanted to eat where it was dark and quite. That was quite a struggle when I was out because he'd be hungry but wouldn't eat unless I was in a dark room!

-It was about 8 months Cort started really being interested in food and eating a lot! At about 9 months Cort went from nursing 7-8 times a day to nursing 4-6 times a day, he was so busy playing, walking around that he didn't want to take the time to nurse

-At 10 months Cort went down to eating only before naps and before bed, so only 3 times during the day and maybe once at night, It was nice because I didn't need to worry about feeding him when we were out and about. He'd only eat in his room anyway so trying to make sure I was home every time he wanted to nurse was hard when I needed to go places.

-At 13 months I started getting Cort down to one nap.
He used to nap at 9:30am and again at 1:30pm and he would nurse before each nap.
but I now stopped giving him a morning nap,
and put him to sleep at 11:30-12:00 and he'd nap for 11/2 - 3 hours.
At first I'd nurse him before that nap, but one day I was gone and John put him to sleep without a bottle or anything, and we went to sleep great! So I decided to try putting him down to nap without a nursing session, and only nurse him if he asked, he never asked! And he decided he didn't want to nurse to go to sleep ether, so I give him some milk before bed, Rock him and give him a kiss, lay him in his bed and turn his projector on and he falls right asleep, he would wake up once in the middle of the night and want to nurse, but that was it! I then realized Cort was definitely weaning himself, Then a few days after that he didn't want me to nurse him in the middle of the night. It made me sad and it's hard knowing we will not be having this bonding time anymore, but I know that's what was going to happen and I should just snuggle him more and give more kisses!

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

my testimony // finding beauty

Here is my testimony of how I asked Jesus in my heart and how God changed me.

I believe three or four when I asked Jesus into my heart. I was about seven when I felt God telling me that he wanted me to do missions, local missions with children/ youth & young adults.

I feel like I had a pretty good relationship with God when I was young, I loved Sunday school & kids club, I was around twelve that all my friends starting talking about boys and liking them & wanting to date and such, I really wasn't interested in guys, but I decided to pray about my future spouse, I prayed that God would show me who he was, that we'd have a pure relationship and a wonderful marriage that honored God, I kept praying that, then, when I was fourteen I went to bible camp, it was the end of the night and people were praying and worshiping, and I was praying about a lot of things, and then,

Clear as a bell I heard Gods voice in my head say. "Your going to marry John Schloneger!!"

I was SO surprised! For many reasons.
1. God just told me who I'm going to marry at age 14.
2. I had really never even talked to John,

He wasn't even my age, he was in my older brothers Sunday school classes and such,
But, I trusted God, I didn't tell anyone,

but after that I prayed and prayed for God to help me feel a peace about it, and to know that I wasn't just thinking this is what God wants, but know this is what God wants!
Through the next few months God really gave me a peace about it and I knew I was going to marry him and I liked him.
It was on my 15th birthday I told John I liked him, and I asked if he liked me, he said "he didn't think so."

I felt lost, I had trusted God, and where did that leave me? I had put my heart out there, and now I felt crushed. I prayed and cried that God would just help me know what to do next, he told me to wait, and see what he was going to do..
One weeks later, John texted me that he really does like me, and he had been praying for awhile that his future wife would tell him that she was the one so he wouldn't have to guess around. And at the time I took him by surprise, but when he prayed about it, he realized that that was the sign he was looking for,

We talked to my parents and they said they wanted us to wait to date and to just be friends for now, So we talked some at youth group and texted some as well.

At that time I started having a hard time with some of my friends, all my life, I have really tried to be a good friend to everyone, and I didn't feel like they were being good friends to me, laughing in my face about things and teasing me in subtle ways, it was so hard on me. I got my love you could say, from my friendships, I didn't even want to go to church because if look over at them and really just feel sad and alone.

You always hear people say "Jesus loves you " but I never really truly knew what that meant or what that felt like, I had always relied on my friends and family for my "love" and without them I didn't know what to do.

That's when my whole relationship with God changed!

I had never had to fully relay on God, it was at that moment that I truly NEEDED God I went to the same bible camp and I prayed and spent time in the bible.

after that I went to another youth function,

it was then that I truly felt Gods love..

It was like a heavy down pour, pouring on me, and washing me into a new person, after that, I was such a happy person, before that I always felt like I had to pretend, or couldn't show the "real me" after God did a work in me I had so many people come up to me and say " I've noticed. Change in you, you seem so much happier!" I was! I now knew that no matter what, the only one it mattered what they thought of me was God, before I'd worry what people thought of me, Now I knew who I was and who I was in Christ! I was beautiful, His creation!

"For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Ephesians 2:10

Later that year I started dating John, and our relationship was so good because we both put God first and wanted to have a pure relationship. I wasn't searching for acceptance from John,

God was the center of our lives and our relationship!

In our dating and engagement we decided to have boundaries and not set ourselves up for

heartbreak. We chose not to kiss till we got engaged,

almost a year after we got married

we had our son Cort. God has blessed us greatly!

Last fall I was able to do a book study with some girls and really start reaching out and ministering more into young people's lives, and now I get to help out in youth group, God can work through anyone, no matter where they are.

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Friday, March 13, 2015

Easter basket // 2015

Spring is finely here! All the snow is melting and Cort & I are LOVING being outside!

Here is what we are putting in my almost 14 month olds Easter basket,

Plan Toys Chicken Racer.

Eggs with Goldfish snacks inside.

Bubble blower.

Annie's bunny Grahms.

Fisher-Price Shake 'n Go! Super Car.

Gund plush Cow.