Baby Bear~
You are home, you have been for two weeks now, and you keep mommy up so she is a zombie the majority of the time. You came home on the 8th and had your first pediatrician appointment on the 10th. When you left the hospital, you weighed in at 6lbs5oz. By Thursday, you were 6/10 (over your birthweight!!) and were measuring a lean mean 21 inches long. You are a tall & thin baby. And you have the cutest chicken legs. Who you inherited those from, we will never know. You're pretty much gorgeous all around, and everyone agrees. You still have your dark hair & dark (green or blue, we don't know yet) eyes. And you really, really like to sleep..DURING THE DAY. It's gotten to the point of being ridiculous. You started out on what I think was a normal newborn schedule during the night. You were eating every 2.5-3 hours and sleeping soundly in between..and mommy thought she was tired then. BAHAHAAH!! Now, you have progressed from being up from 1AM-3AM to being up last night from 1AM-7AM. At one point, we were both crying. Both because we were exhausted. Mommy had had enough. Daddy had to take over about 4am, but you wanted boobies, and then a bottle ever 60 minutes. It was insane. And now, at 3:42 in the afternoon, you are sleeping like a lamb. Of course you are. And mommy is so tired that she can't sleep. Awesome. We've got to figure out how to get you to stop doing this. And yesterday, you only took 2 naps, the rest of the day, you were awake and alert. So all the the "assvice" that people have been giving us about keeping you awake so you sleep at night...Yeah, hows that working out? Mommy should go sleep right now while you are. And I will try as soon as I get done w/this post.
You love boobies..lol. Which makes mommy really happy given our (well my) supply trouble at the beginning. I pretty much feed you on demand, which is hard on me, but fantastic for you. And I know your hungry cry anywhere. Oh, and sometimes, you don't cry, you growl, which cracks daddy up. I haven't quite figured out the rest of your cries yet, because, well, you don't cry that much. I know your "I'm exhausted and fighting sleep like a Jedi knight" cry though, very well. And sometimes, you will NOT sleep if I'm not holding you. I think the parents that co-sleep might just have something there. I'm still too scared to do it all the time, but I will admit that when in my arms is the only way we're both gonna get some sleep, we do it. Although, mommy sits almost completely propped up, w/covers only on her feet holding you in the crook of my arms, so nothing happens to you. I know most doctors (and esp. yours) are against co-sleeping because of the dangers, and I completely understand that, but sometimes, it's all that works. Oh, and because you love boobies, mommy's are huge. Jeesh. Even I'm impressed w/myself and everything that btdt mommies have told me is true. My chest seems to know when you will/are hungry about 30 minutes before you wake up, and just thinking about it, makes things, uh, like leakage happen. It's not cool when there are people around, but the fact that my body KNOWS you like that, thats pretty amazing. I'm going to have to start pumping again to build up my supply for when I go back to work. That pump is the devil. I hate it. And my body doesn't respond to it like it responds to you. It scares me that we'll have to stop bf'ing when I go back to work because my supply will be so low. Ugh.
Okay, now, I'm going to try and get some sleep. Your nana came over for a visit today and daddy took her out to lunch. Today wasn't the best day for a visit, but oh well. They're bringing mommy back some MCL, so that makes it worth it. Love you!!!
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