{"id":57,"date":"2008-02-06T07:33:39","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T13:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/06\/thank-you-lactation-staff-of-central-dupage-hospital\/"},"modified":"2008-02-26T09:51:18","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T15:51:18","slug":"thank-you-lactation-staff-of-central-dupage-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/06\/thank-you-lactation-staff-of-central-dupage-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You Lactation Staff of Central DuPage Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week after much thought and consideration, Brenda decided to stop breast feeding. It seems like something that is so natural and easy until you have to do it yourself. \u00a0And doing it for two boys instead of one is no easier and pretty exhausting to say the least.\u00a0Brenda was using a breast pump that we had rented from the hospital (almost $100 per month) that needed to be returned on Sunday or we would be billed for another full month. We figured it was Sunday, they were closed, only to find out on Monday when I called that they are open 7 days a week.<\/p>\n<p>So technically, we owed another full months rental.\u00a0Just for the heck of it I wrote this letter (<a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.mac.com\/tomchak\/filechute\/PumpLetter.pdf\" target=\"_new\" title=\"PDF Download\">download the PDF<\/a>)\u00a0and put it inside the pump case. They called on Tuesday morning and said they wouldn\u2019t bill us.<\/p>\n<p>Yea! Every penny counts these days!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week after much thought and consideration, Brenda decided to stop breast feeding. It seems like something that is so natural and easy until you have to do it yourself. \u00a0And doing it for two boys instead of one is no easier and pretty exhausting to say the least.\u00a0Brenda was using a breast pump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-text"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":499,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/01\/starting-a-new-chapter\/","url_meta":{"origin":57,"position":0},"title":"Starting a New Chapter","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"January 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"11:05pm We are only in our first day and it\u2019s already an amazing amount of work. I spent the night last night but rushed home for a shower and change of clothes this morning. When I got back I went with Brenda to finally meet Andrew. She was feeling really\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/photo\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":522,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/03\/the-yellow-stream\/","url_meta":{"origin":57,"position":1},"title":"The Yellow Stream","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"January 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"10:06 pm It\u2019s not as if I didn\u2019t expect it to happen at some point, but I didn\u2019t expect it to happen 3 times in the same day. Max was kind enough to pee on me 3 times today while changing his diapers. 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Tomorrow my Mom, sister Debbie, and niece Madison will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Text Post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Text Post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/text\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2255,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/19\/the-down-side-to-travel-jobs\/","url_meta":{"origin":57,"position":3},"title":"The Down Side To Travel Jobs","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"January 19, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"As much as I like the occasional travel job as a change of pace, change of scenery... there is also a down side. Once I commit to a job I'm pretty much there for the duration, almost no matter what. That can be tough when your family needs you. This\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;iPhone&quot;","block_context":{"text":"iPhone","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/iphone\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"mobile-photo-jan-19-2010-5-31-16-am","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mobile-photo-jan-19-2010-5-31-16-am-450x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2156,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/30\/my-ladies-are-coming-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":57,"position":4},"title":"My Ladies are Coming Home","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"November 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Brenda and Sydney will be coming home tomorrow afternoon. That works out well with the boys being in pre-school so we should have an easy time transitioning. 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