2 weeks with baby

Baby is sleeping… shhhh. Finally have a few minutes to myself to pick up the house and write a blog post.

Having a baby around, I tell ya; you learn real fast how to multi- task and get a million things done in a short amount of time while the baby sleeps. I’m finally getting a hang of it but the first week, especially the first couple nights it was really hard on me. I never realized how demanding breastfeeding is. And the fact that I’m the only one that can do it is even tougher because I never get a break.  If only Nate’s nipples sprayed milk out too .

The first couple nights were really hard on us, for some reason we felt the need to sleep in the nursery and Caden cried quite a bit. We couldn’t figure out what was wrong which made me feel awful. Being his parents we should know, at least that was what I was thinking. Nothing worked unless I held him and nursed him. So I would literally have to hold him in the glider and catch some sleep sitting up with him. I was getting really frustrated but now I love when he sleeps on my chest. It’s my favorite part on the night.

It makes me laugh now, because the first couple nights Nate slept on the floor of the nursery, Kala slept by his crib and Caden and I slept in the glider. Mind you the nursery is the smallest room in our house. Why, we felt the need to sleep in there I don’t know but it was definitely a family bonding moment. And super sweet that Nate and Kala both wanted to be next to us. We then moved to our bonus room and slept in there for the next couple nights. By mid week Nate migrated back to our bedroom, and I followed the night after. Again I’m not sure why we didn’t fell adequate to sleep in our own bedroom or why we felt the need to sleep in different places around the house but now we all sleep in the bedroom and it’s been working out great. Caden loves his newborn rock n’ play sleeper which is right next to our bed. Now that we are starting to fall into some what of a schedule, he will usually sleep 2 1/2 – 3 1/2 hours at a time. Then I’ll feed him and usually he falls right back to sleep. It’s been going pretty good so far, I just pray it keeps up. I mean he is only 2 weeks old. After we found out he wasn’t getting enough food in his tummy, he’s been a completely different baby and so far a really good baby. But then again he’s only 2 weeks so hopefully I didn’t just jinx myself by saying that. My biggest fear is having a colicky baby, I don’t know if I could take it.

Now that he’s been here for 2 weeks, I’m starting to catch on to his cues and different cries and noises. And he’s starting to be more alert during the day and will just look around at things. I can’t wait to see him smile at us. Breastfeeding is going OK, I’m going to schedule another appointment with the lactation consultant. But in the mean time I’m trying to build up my supply. It’s a lot harder then I thought but I’m determined to give it my all. But that’s a whole other blog post …

So Caden is doing well and I’m starting to feel normal again.  I’ve lost some weight so I don’t feel so achy anymore, lugging around 40 extra lbs. I finally got out of the house by myself with Caden, we took a trip to Babies r Us. Once I was able to do that, it just made me feel back to my old self a little bit. I’m still healing from the birth so I can’t do too much or I start feeling really sore. But I can’t wait to hit the gym and start feeling good again.

It’s going to go by so fast, I’m already noticing my little guy chunking up a bit. Which of course is what we want but I know I’m going to miss my little tiny peanut once he gets big. I’m trying my hardest to soak up every moment with him.