Snuggles and Stares


Our first couple days home were comprised of many snuggles and staring at my beautiful boy. 

My favorite thing to do at night is getting my baby snuggles and listen to his adorable cooing sounds. I love him so much. 

I also stare at him all the time when he's sleeping. I still can't believe he is here. 



The first nights home were also filled with very little sleep. Luckily, I had my mom there to help me take care of Adam. I still was recovering from surgery and was in some pain. With a newborn, you aren't able to get adequate rest so it was great having her help me at night with him. He ate every two hours and developed a bad habit of falling asleep and not getting enough, therefore making him wake up even earlier for the next feeding. 

I attempted the breastfeeding and made strides but I still wasn't producing what he needed. I had to use formula to get him full, but he still usually only lasted two hours between feedings. We also were having issues with the diapers. His legs were so lean that urine would seep through the legs of the newborn diapers and would get his clothes soaked. As much as he went to the bathroom, we were also up constantly changing him. The diaper situation improved as he gained weight. 

The early days home he slept constantly and was very rarely awake. Our schedule was the pattern of eat, sleep, diaper change, snuggles, repeat. 

Mom was great and cooked me meals, did my laundry, took a shift at night with him and let me sleep when I needed it. So grateful for my mom!!!

It really is amazing how something so little needs so much care. It sometimes makes me sad to see how helpless newborns are and think of those babies that don't have great parents. I'm so glad I'm able to take care of my sweet baby. So far he seems very secure!


I am blessed!!!

Comments

  1. AnonymousOctober 23, 2014 at 7:16 AM

    when will you post an update on your little guy?

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Infertility

So I have learned this Mother's Day that this day brings up a lot of different emotions. Most think of their mothers, and spend the day thinking about how grateful they are. But that's not everyone's story. While most are grateful for their mothers, Many want to be mothers and have today as a set reminder that they aren't. And others have Mothers in heaven and are unable to be with them. It just makes me sad... I did not have an easy road with fertility. It seems short in the big picture, but it certainly did not feel that way going through it. I tried getting pregnant two times before I went to a doctor. Then I tried 4 times with a doctor, perfect timing and eggs and still nothing. I was put on drugs and my emotions were pushed and pulled from hormones and I followed the same cycle of HOPE, FEAR, DISSAPOINTMENT, and TEARS. Until the 5th time, JOY! It took me about 7 months total to get pregnant. And about $12,000. I am crazy regular and ovulated every month of my lif...
Read more

Seeing The Heartbeat

This past Monday was a special day. I got to see my baby's heartbeat for the first time. Also, this appointment was the first time I'd seen my doctor since I'd found out I was pregnant. Backstory: we've tried for 5 months to get me pregnant, altering meds, doing double procedures, the whole nine yards. And my doctor is WONDERFUL, I absolutely adore him. He's hilarious, SO sweet to me and we have bonded through the 5 months of me seeing him all the time about my failed pregnancy attempts. Well, fast forward to heart beat day he asked me if I wanted an ultrasound and I said yes! He turns the screen towards him, I guess to not upset me if he doesn't see anything and he immediately says in his adorable excited voice, "I see a baby and a heartbeat!" YAY!! Then he proceeds with, "but before I show you, I need to look at your ovaries, because I care." Then he turned the screen to me, and before my eyes stood a blurb of cuteness with a visual bulging...
Read more

Adam's First Party

Today, I got an invitation to an SMC pool party on September 13th. I was thinking to myself, "Oh fun, I love those!" And then it hit me! Adam will be here by then!!!! YAY!!!!!! He will be roughly 3 weeks old! Now I normally wouldn't be huge on exposing him to germs when he's so little, but because it's outside and fresh air, I think it could be good if I was recovering well. I would just need to make sure he is in the shade the entire time and that he doesn't get overheated.  I'm excited! His first party!! I was excited to RSVP with a +1. It made my day!!!!!
Read more