weekend

We had another nice family weekend. On Friday we went to Av’s school family picnic. As always it was a stressful rush to get out of the house by 5:30 on a Friday but once we got there it was very worth it. As soon as we pulled in Av was off playing and we didn’t see much of her that night. She didn’t even stop to eat her dinner. She climbed, swung and ran the night away. She is sometimes shy but then there are other times when she is totally in her element. I guess the park with her friends is just about heaven for her. Camille enjoyed herself too. She spent most of the night eating her dinner in her stroller or swinging. Her dinners still take about an hour to eat. She loves to swing and gets so mad when you take her out of it. On Saturday we all got up and played while John worked on the girl’s swing set. It is finished and the girls love it. He did such a great job. We are very proud of him. Av was very excited to be able to swing at her house. Saturday night Miss Linda came to watch the girls while John and I went to an adult event at the zoo. It is called Brew at the Zoo and it is a fundraiser the zoo has every year. There are 4 huge tents set up with beer, wine and food vendors. You are given a little beer mug to sample beer from local breweries for the night. We went with a bunch of our friends and really had a fun night. We spent Sunday morning out back putting up our tent and getting out all our camping gear with our neighbors. We are camping next weekend so we wanted to make sure we have everything we need. It will be Camille’s first camping trip. Hope it goes well. The kids had fun playing in the tents for the day. By 7:30 Sunday night the Hoekstras were all tired. Av happily climbed in her bgb and slept the night away.

BGB

Anyone remember that acronym?  It's been awhile.  Big Girl Bed and that is where Av is right now!!!!!  It was all totally her idea.  We were all up there before bed and Camille was crusing around it and all of the sudden Av asked if we would put the mattress on it so she could sleep in her bgb.  Like we were the ones stopping her?!?!?  We asked her if she really wanted to sleep there and she said yes so we got all her stuff out of her crib and then set it all up for her on the bgb.  She was very excited and happy when we left her.  We know she is way too old for the crib but it was just not a battle we wanted to fight.  Why force her?  In my head though (I had not talked to John about it) but I was going to start talking her towards it and plan to take the crib out on her 4th b-day.   Maybe it just took her awhile to be ready.  We all know she does not like change and she wants to do things at her speed.  She is such a good little girl.  I need to always remember to just not really worry about things with her.  She always gets there it sometimes just takes her a little longer.   She amazes me everyday.  

Camille says "look what I can do now!!!!!!!"

She is obsessed!  It is all she wants to do and she gets so mad when she hits a dead end.

dinner

We have decided that we are slowly going to stop making a different dinner for Av and get her to eat what we are eating.  Camille is doing so well eating what we do and we don't want her to see Av getting different stuff and want that too.  So anyway tonight we had sweet potato fries, green beans and pork chops.  As long as we tell Av it is hot dog she will eat it.  So nice to make only one dinner!

fridays

On Fridays Camille and I stay home together. Just like I had one on one time with Avery I wanted some one on one time with Camille. It has been really nice and this fall we will start a music class together. The same one I took Av too. Last year when Av went to “school day” she loved it so much she didn’t care what Camille and I were doing. When I switched them to CS I think part of the reason Av did so well is because she knew her sister was there too. Part of its selling point to Av was they would be going to the same school. I did have to fib to Av a few times on Fridays when she would talk about Camille going to school too. Now that Av is back at Friends I drop Camille off first because it is on the way to Friends. Before we left the house on Friday I told Av that Camille was not going to school today so we would not need to drop her off. She asked why and I played it up that Camille was too little and only big girls get to go to school 3 days a week. So then she asked if Miss Linda was coming to watch Camille. That surprised me because Linda had not come to watch Camille in awhile. I had to fib and say yes because Av would definitely have wanted to stay home with momma sissy if she knew. I feel guilty about it but I keep telling myself school is good for her and she needs to learn to be away from momma and the comfort of momma. She even asked if I was going to work. I hate not telling her the truth. Maybe I should have and just dealt with it instead of keeping her in the dark. The first thing she told John that afternoon when he got home (after she had a great day at school) was that “Camille didn’t go to school today.” This morning she must have asked 10 times if Camille was going to school too. I can’t wait until Av starts to feel confident at school again so this is not so much of an issue. I think that will be the right time to start telling Av that Camille stays home with me on Fridays.

heart wrenching

Dropping the Girls off today was so hard. Mondays are always the worst with Camille. After having a 4-day break and being home with mom, dad and sister all weekend it makes going back hard for her. The last few weeks she has been crying when I leave her. Her face gets all red because she is so mad. Her teachers are great and reassure me she stops pretty soon after I leave. She has started a new thing today though. She had a death grip on me and her teacher had to pry her out of my arms. It was so hard to leave her. Av is with me when I drop Camille off and it makes Av so sad to leave her crying like that too. I have to reassure Av that Camille will be okay. Then we get to Av’s school. She loves it there and wanted to go back but is still unsure of her new room and new teachers. She gets sad and doesn’t want me to go. At camp all summer she used to ask to have monkey every morning as I was leaving. They let her have him for a few minutes until it was breakfast time. I think something like that would help Av but she has not asked and it is not really a habit I want to start so I don’t mention it. I know she is fine once she forgets and starts having fun. It just makes it so hard for me to leave. Being a mother is a hard job.

soy butter

I am sooooooooo excited about this. Av has recently learned how wonderful PB&J sandwiches are. She is still a picky eater and will only eat about 10 different main course items so when I find a new one to add to the list it makes me very happy. I was making them out of all natural PB, all natural simply fruit jelly and whole wheat bread. So they are as healthy as possible. The problem became when she started back to school. Her school is not only a nut free school but I can’t even send things in her lunch that are manufactured in a facility that uses nuts for other products. Everything I send in her lunch and snacks has to be made in a facility whose equipment has never even had nuts on it. I have to read labels very carefully before I buy her school food. Her school is very diverse and very accepting of differences and wants to make everyone feel welcome and comfortable. That is why we picked it. So you take the good with the bad and just find her other foods to send for her. It really is a good thing because it means she eats more fruits and veggies and less processed food. A good old PB&J though is just so easy so I was missing it. Until I found soy butter. I bought a jar to try and it pretty much tastes like PB. I mean you can tell the difference, biggest difference is the texture but when I put it on bread and mixed it with jelly Av ate it up!! Another huge benefit to it is that Camille can eat it!!! We still call it a PB&J and they both eat it up. Talk about a win-win. I was very excited. It’s amazing the little things that will make a mom happy.

thermos and the diapers

I keep forgetting to post this. A few weeks ago G&PP sent Av a new princess thermos. She LOVES it. It goes everywhere with her and it is the only thing she will drink out off especially on “school days” because it matches her princess lunch box. I can’t tell you how many times I have hand washed the darn thing since I don’t run the dishwasher everyday. Anyhow when PP packaged it up to send it he used some of Av’s old diapers as packaging material. Great idea but when Av opened it she truly thought G&PP sent her a thermos and Camille some diapers. If Camille cared I am sure she would not have been thrilled with her “gift” but since she is 10 months she doesn’t care and she thought the box was great. The packing material (diapers) were size 5 the size that Av still wears to bed so I put them in the closet to use for her. The other night I grabbed one to put on Av but she wouldn’t let me. She kept telling me they were Camille’s diapers. Av is looking out for her sister and wouldn’t want to use her present from PP&G. heheheheheh So I guess we will be hanging on to those diapers until Camille grows into them.

For some reason I love taking pictures of the girls while they sleep.  Here are a few.  

crazy girl

Camille is eating a tomato like an apple.  She screamed when I took it away from her.  

Camille's first wagon ride

dentist

Av went to the dentist for the first time this weekend.   She did great!  I brought the camera to take pictures but was not able to because Av made me sit in the chair with her.   The first thing they wanted to do was put that bib like thing on her and she didn't want to wear it.  I thought oh no, this is going to suck, but otherwise she didn't fight a thing.  Our dentist is one of my good friends so Av knew her at least.  It was so nice of her to clean Av's teeth instead of an assistant who usually does it.   They gave her a goodie bag to take home with her and in it was a toy, toothbrush, toothpaste, a plastic tooth mirror, gloves, and a mask like the dentist wore.  As far as entertainment goes we have gotten a few hours so far this weekend out of the mask and gloves.   She carries them around with her in one of her purses and has put them on a couple of times in the back seat while we are driving somewhere.  It is pretty cute.  

climbing

Camille climbed up the entire set of stairs the other day.  She also has started to climb in shopping carts.  Something Av never did.  All the sudden the other day I heard Av say "Camille no!"  I turned and C was standing in the cart facing the basket part of it.  Ugh.  She is going to be a handful.  She has finally also started doing the "so big" thing with her arms and waving.  For a long time she just refused to do stuff like that with her arms.  It is cute.  

Funny things Av said today....

EVERY time I was on the computer or phone she asked me "is that Marci?"

She was eating a piece of string cheese and all of the sudden she said "I don't like white cheese, only yellow."  Well that was news to me.  Where in the world did she get this idea?  

*background* we have started to give Av a few little chores to do around the house.  Helping John drag the garbage cans to the house after garbage day (she has been doing this for awhile, she looks so cute dragging that big thing) and feeding Jack are the two so far.  So anyway....Yesterday after dinner we were all waking to Walgreens.  Jack did his business on the side of the road and Av jumped out of her stroller yelling "I want to see it."   (weird)   After she saw it she said "ewww stinky."  We asked her if picking it up should be one of her new chores and she said "no dadda do it."  Smart girl.  

staying home

We are staying home this weekend and I could not be more excited about it. Being gone the last 2 weekends took its toll on us. Plus we had plans to go out of town again but they fell through. Not disappointed one bit. I think the girls need some down time. I know I do. Since we were supposed to be out of town we don’t have any plans other than a dentist appointment for Av that I forgot out. Her first one. Hopefully it goes well.

nursing

I am still nursing Camille. Which is not really a surprise. I love it and definitely wanted to nurse her until she was a year. The problem is that I think we should start to be weaning at this point and we are not. I nurse her when she wakes up, before morning nap (if she takes one), before afternoon nap and before bed. So she is still nursing about 4 times a day. It’s not exactly a crutch she uses to fall asleep with because I put her down awake and she will fall asleep in her bed without nursing. She just wants too and is very comforted by it. Part of it though is how do I wean any of those? Do I give her a cup of b-milk before her naps? I can’t give her regular milk. I do have some in the freezer but my stash is getting smaller and smaller because I send more to day care than I pump. Which is fine with me because at least my supply is decreasing. My other concern is that I don’t want her to be getting too much milk. Av used to drink too much and so therefore was anemic for a long time. Boy was that a pain giving her iron supplements. C had her finger pricked at her 9 month checkup and she was slightly anemic so the Dr. put her on a vitamin with iron and told us to give her iron fortified cereals and he would re-check her at a year. The last thing I want to do is the iron with her. That was no fun with Av. It would be easy if we just cut out the morning nap to cut out that nursing. My biggest worry about the nursing though is that she wants to nurse EVERY time she is mad/sad/upset/hurt/sick. She throws a fit until I lift my shirt up, so some days we end up nursing a 5th time a day. She is really hard to distract out of it too. I guess though one day she all the sudden cut out the night time nursings so I will just hope she will start to wean herself soon. Just not all at once! At least if she does I will know to bring out my trusty friend pump to wean with. I have loved nursing her. It has never felt like a burden on me. I guess it helped that she has always been a quick nurser. We never sat there for 45 minutes only for her to want to nurse again in an hour and a half. I will miss it very much when she decides she is done so I guess I should just enjoy it for the short time we have left.

first day of school

The first day of school went really well for Miss Av. She seemed to be in very good spirits but very tired when I picked her up. She was sitting at a table eating her snack with Caroline and Abbie (her old teacher’s daughter) and they looked so cute and so grown up sitting there together. She didn’t have any accidents and her report said she had a good day. I am pretty proud of her, she is an amazing little girl.

Hoekstra Family

This was at Jackson's 4th b-day party.  The outfit C is wearing is the same one Av wore to his first b-day party.  

Av talking

 Mommy is chowing down in the background.  So attractive.  She didn't know daddy was taping Av. 

best friends

Caroline and Av enjoying the music at Jackson's b-day party.  Av had just gotten done putting out a fire.  

loving sisters

The top picture is Av's first day of school.

"school day"

Av started back to “school day” today. She was very excited. The first words out of her mouth when she woke up were, “school day today momma?” She loves it there so much. Of course this morning I had to fight with her to eat breakfast since she has not really had to all summer. Once I got her to eat a little we got her all dressed and took pictures. She looked so cute in her dress, new backpack and new princess lunch box. She was also excited because her best friend Caroline will be in after care with her this year so they will eat lunch together. She is now in the non-nappers aftercare. After playing all day I think I will have one tired Av on my hands. I hope in all the excitement of a new school day she does not have an accident. Anyone want to bet if she will or not????

Austin

Thursday when we arrived John picked us up and straight to Matt’s house we headed. Waiting for us there was a big group of our old friends. It was so nice to see everyone and so nice everyone took the time to come see us. Friday we got up and went out on the lake. It is one of the things I miss the most. The lake looks more like a river but it has big beautiful houses on it and the hills around it just make it very pretty. The Girls loved being on the boat. We docked the boat at Hula Hut and had a yummy lunch. That night we moved to Marci’s house to catch up with more friends. We stayed up way to late laughing and drinking wine there. On Saturday we met at my favorite breakfast place and had the best breakfast burritos. Every meal there is served with chips and salsa and breakfast is no exception, Av was in heaven. Saturday John, Matt, Andrea (Matt’s girlfriend) and Jeff took the girls swimming at a natural pool while I went up to see Trena’s twin girls. They are so sweet and special and cute. I cherished every minute I got to spend holding them and loving on them. Saturday night I met back up with everyone for dinner. We went to a restaurant where you could eat outside and there was this big open yard like thing that kids were playing in. Av took off to play with the other kids by herself and spent the whole dinner playing. She had no interest in eating with us. I was so proud of her. A month ago she would not have done that. She was running and really keeping up with the other kids. It is pretty neat to see her come out of her shell. The entire weekend the Girls were very good and loved being the center of attention. They stayed up late and went to bed easily. We had such a nice time laughing and catching up with everyone. We will forever miss Austin and our wonderful and special friends we made there. The flights home were uneventful. It was very nice to have John traveling with us. Made it much easier.

flights to Austin

Flying to Austin with the Girls was not fun. Nothing terrible happened but it still was not my idea of a good time. Angie dropped us off at the airport and I immediately got a skycap. If you ever need help at the airport I highly suggest one. They are VERY helpful. She helped me put the car seats in their bags, lugged them inside for me, took me straight to the counter, took my license and CC (to pay for the one bag we were checking), got our boarding passes, put all the tags on our luggage and made sure we had everything we needed. It was the best $5 I have ever spent. Everyone was very helpful in security and in general people were very helpful. The Girls were good, as good as could be expected. I do have to say that I will try to avoid the Atlanta airport from now on at all costs. We waited on the plane in Louisville to take off because ATL was too crowded. Then we waited on that ground at ATL for almost 30 minutes before finally getting to our gate. Then we waited another 20 minutes to take off. All that waiting was very hard for 2 girls that wanted to see their daddy. Av kept saying, “I want to see my dadda.” Like she had not seen him in days instead of the night before. I am sure everyone around us felt bad for her thinking her daddy was never around. On the second flight Av and I didn't have seats next to each other. There were two ladies sitting in seats across the aisle from each other and I needed one to move. One lady was very nice about it but the other barely looked at me. I felt like telling her it was either she moved or she would have to sit with my 3 year old the whole flight. Av had a whole backpack of stuff to entertain her but she was not interested. So a whole host of junk food did the trick. On both flights she got apple juice, then she had pretzels, peanuts, 2 things of airline cookies, french fries, a sucker and a whole thing of ticktacks. Camille was very tired but refused to fall asleep so she was fussy. I am sure the people around us loved us. We made it though and had a great weekend.

Austin here we come!

Tomorrow we are heading to Austin. I am so excited. It is where John and I met and we still have tons of really great friends there. We are going to see Matt and his new girlfriend, Jeff and Polly, Renae and Jeff, Trena and OB, Marci and Jason and Kristina and Rob. Trena and OB had twin girls a few months ago and I can’t wait to meet them as well. It will be so nice to see everyone. The last time we were in Austin was for Renae and Jeff’s wedding last March. Our girls have never been so it will be nice to introduce them to everyone. I will be flying with the Girls by myself. Should be interesting. My main concern about it was not the actual flying but getting the Girls, our bags (2 car seats, a pack and play, stroller and suitcase) and myself to the terminal after parking the car. My good friend Angie came to my rescue though and is going to drop us off. Now I am mainly worried about the connection in ATL. I will just stay calm and do what we can do. John will be waiting to pick us up when we arrive. He has a meeting for work so he has to go early tomorrow morning. Tomorrow night we are staying with Matt and he plans to have everyone over for a cookout at his house. Friday during the day we are going out on the lake (the lakes there are so pretty). Friday night we are staying with Marci and Jason and they are having everyone to their house. Saturday we will visit some of our favorite places. Back home on Sunday. Short and sweet and I can’t wait!

innocent mind

Camille has started to become pickier about what she eats and has also started the drop game. If she comes across a food on her tray that she does not want to eat she just drops it over the edge. Never to be dealt with again, by her at least. I wish I could do that. How nice would it be if life worked that way? When you came across something you didn’t want to deal with you could just drop it over the edge and it would be gone forever. Such an innocent mind. She doesn’t realize yet that she should be secretive about dropping her food off her tray so mommy thinks she ate it. It just does not matter to her. Right now the whole world revolves around her, at least that is what she thinks. As she should. That is the beauty of being a baby.

Lake Barkley

This weekend we took the Girls to Lake Barkley. John’s Step-mom’s Mom lives there and she has a big beautiful house right on the lake. We love going there. I wish we could go more. Mimi (step-mom’s mom), Shelly (step-mom) Opa (John’s dad, means grandfather in Dutch) Alex, Maddie (Maddie Rose as Av now calls her) and Alex’s girlfriend Katlyn were all there. The Girls had so much fun. Av spent more time playing with Maddie, Alex and Katlyn. An hour would go by since I had seen her last. She loved playing with the big kids. They were so nice to her. John and I even got to take a nap together while Camille was sleeping and Av was playing. By the end she was following Maddie around like a little puppy dog and on the way home she must have said her name a hundred times. We also took our boat with us. Our boat was my grandfather’s boat. He loved the water so much and one of his favorite places was the Land Between the Lakes. He would be so happy his boat was back on those lakes. Av loved being on the boat and swimming in the lake. It was very nice to get to spend more time with John’s family. They are very fun and I have always felt very comfortable with them. Cute story about the ride home. C hates her car seat. She always has so it makes car rides kind of hard. She slept for about 1.5 hours but was awake for the rest. I had a bottle for her, which she quickly drank and then started fussing again. As I was turning around to talk to her I say Av reach her hand out to C. In Av’s hand was a small piece of her bagel that she was eating. She was going to share it with her sister. It about melted my heart. Once we got home things got a little hectic. Unpacking is about as hard as packing is. As I was trying to help unpack the car I didn’t notice that poor Av was trying to get inside the house to go potty and didn’t make it in time. At that point John told me to go inside and take care of the Girls. In the craziness of dealing with the accident I left the their toy bag in front of the Jeep. The toys were promptly run over about 5 minutes later when John moved the Jeep. Oops.

don't blink....

……because if you did you missed the summer. It is already time for Av to go back to school (Friends). I can’t believe it. All the stressing I did about camp (Cornerstone or CS) and it is over. She ended up really liking it and it was good for her so I am glad I made the decision I did. She has one more week and as always I am sad to see it end. She did really well there and seemed really happy. I am partly sad to send her back to Friends but I will because I know how much she loves it there and how good that school was/is for her. CS has been really really convenient. They feed them breakfast, lunch and 2 snacks. So I don’t have to pack any lunches! That is so nice for me plus in the mornings I get her up, get her dressed and off we go. She eats there. It has been so nice not struggling with her to eat every morning. She just does not want to eat first thing when she gets up and she is such a good sleeper that I have to wake her up everyday so I don’t want to get her up any earlier. It has really cut down on my groceries too, but the best part about her eating there is that it is getting her to eat different things that she would never eat for me nor would I ever pack in a lunch. Meatloaf, veggie burgers and fish sticks. Not really the all-natural/organic stuff I try to feed her but they do have to follow the state regulations for nutritional content. I also am really impressed with the education she has received. They have a letter and a theme of each week. They do art, read books, and talk about the letter and theme all week. Like last week the letter was Y and so they glued the letter Y and pieces of yarn to a piece of paper. It was really cute. Another reason it has been more convenient for me is because it is a preschool with day care hours so there is no fall break, winter break, spring break and summer break. It is only closed for holidays. Friends has fall break in Oct and I am going to have to find a sitter for her since I work. I am glad Camille is staying at CS for now. Next year we will reevaluate and see which one we like better and maybe put them both at the same school.

10 months

10 months! I can’t believe it. In 8 short weeks my baby will be one. It is crazy. The time has just flown. It goes by faster with your second child because you just don’t have as much time to stop and smell the roses. Plus you are so busy with your first child the second is just kind of along for the ride. I need to start planning her b-day party. I want to keep it small. Way smaller than Av’s. There’s not really too much new going on with Camille. She is still sleeping all night, takes 2 naps, does not eat any baby food, drinks from a sippy, still nursing, crawling and pulling up. She loves pretty much any food I put in front of her and her favs are green veggies. With a full tray of food in front of her she will pick out all the peas and broccoli first. Boy does that broccoli make her smell like a toxic waste dump. We put shoes on her for the first time in a long time the other day and boy did she hate them. She was so mad and kept trying to pull them off or kick them off. Guess I am going to have to put shoes on her more. She is very ticklish (Av is not very ticklish at all) and likes to be played with kind of rough. Thrown around, put upside down and spun around. Her daddy does it best. She is a bruiser. I keep meaning to ask at day care if she is a bully there. She does not like to be held still. Wants to be down getting into everything. She has certain toys/things that she knows are hers and that she really likes and if she sees them and they are not given to her right away she screams for them. She gets up precisely at 6:45 every morning. Wish I could set her internal alarm clock for later. She still only has 4 teeth but she uses them well. She is a good little water drinker and drinks a lot. (Av is like me she does not really get thirsty and we have to make sure she drinks enough) She loves to be sung to and loves music. She HATES her car seat. No matter what we try she just hates it. This morning she started crying when she saw the car. Then while I was trying to put her in her car seat she was straightening out her body so I could not strap her in. She LOVES her sister! The minute she sees her she squeals and gets a huge smile on her face. Avery walked by Camille’s room at day care and they said she about climbed out of her high chair to get to Av. It is sweet, Camille’s teachers stop Av when she is walking by to say hi to Camille.

PP and his brother and sister-in-laws

Avery and Camille here is a picture of some of your family. This is your great uncle Carl, your great aunt Sara, your great aunt Linda and your PP. These are your PP's brother and sister-in-laws. Such a great and special picture. Fondly remembered and dearly missed are your PP’s other brother Bob and sister Linda.

no more naps

Naps are OVER for Avery. She is so good and when we lay her down for a nap she most of the time will go to sleep but really she just does not need a nap. So on the days that she does take them at night we put her to bed at a reasonable time but since she has napped that day she is not tired. She will play and finally fall asleep so it is not any harder on John and I but it is just not fair to her. Last night sealed the deal though. After napping yesterday she woke up at 2am and didn't want to sleep anymore. She called me in there and wanted to get up. NO. So then she wanted me to get her a few books. Fine. After she read her books in the dark (???) she dropped them on the floor, one by one. Clunk...a few minutes later clunk...few minutes later clunk. No fun. Her last book she tore all the pages out of it. Ugh!

good news and bad news

Well the good news is that Camille is still sleeping through the night! It has been over a week now since I have last fed her at night. She is sleeping until between 6:30-7. I wish we could make that a little later but I will take what I can get….for now. The bad news is I got Mastitis from it. I had no idea that I could get it this late in the ball game but sure enough I did. I was still feeding her twice a night regularly so I guess cutting that out all of the sudden did the trick. Wednesday night my chest (really my boob but that sounds crude and breast sounds too formal, so chest will be code word for boob) kind of started to hurt. I didn’t put Camille to bed so I thought it was because I missed that feeding so I pumped. It didn’t really help. Thursday it hurt worse. I thought it was thrush because it was starting to hurt when she latched. Late Thursday night the fever came on. I woke up on Friday feeling like complete sh*t. I knew what it had to be. Luckily the day care had an open spot for Camille so I was able to drop her off with Av. There was no way I was going to be able to take care of her. My doctor called in some meds for me (thank goodness they didn’t make me come in to be seen) and off to dream land I went. I spent all day sleeping. I had not done that in ages. Mastitis is not fun. I had no idea how not fun it was. Between the fever, aches, chills and burning in your chest it makes it really hard to do just about anything, including sleep. Thankfully my friend Tylenol PM came to my rescue. By Saturday the fever was gone but my chest did continue to hurt all weekend. I guess I was just so excited to sleep all night getting up to pump to wean properly never even cross my mind. I will know for next time (if there is a next time).