Zaine and Savannah
So, I had a baby!
Zaine Elery was born April 14th, 2011 at 10:54pm weighing 7lbs8oz and measuring 19.5"long. Today he's just a little over 3 weeks old. I'm breastfeeding and it is SO much work/difficult then I ever imagined because he nurses so frequently and no one can help me. It has to be me for every feeding. I have a spot on the couch that i try to leave set up with entertainment/water/necessary items because I don't get to leave it too often! It's gotten a little better now that Zaine is a little older but I swear it felt like there were days I didn't leave this spot at all--including nights. The first week, Zaine would NOT sleep unless someone was holding him. Since I was terrified to fall asleep with him in my arms, I just didn't sleep. There were several 24 hour periods that I got maybe 2 hours of sleep--and they weren't consecutive. Finally I bought a infant bed that fits in our bed and he will sleep in it. I also bought a bedrail so I have the infant bed on the edge of the bed (but protected from the edge by the rail) and I'm in the middle and Elery is on the other side. Although I don't have much room and Elery tends to take over my spot when I get up to nurse, I really like this arrangement. Since I have terrible vision, if Zaine cried in the bassinet, I had to put on my glasses and get up out of bed to check on him--even with the bassinet right next to my bed. My vision is THAT bad. Now, when he fusses he's literally right next to me so I just peep on over the little hard plastic barrier that keeps him in his own separate space. On good nights, I will get a 2 2-3 hour stretches of sleep, on bad nights we're up every hour, for an hour, to nurse. he falls asleep when nursing a lot. Since I'm the only one who can feed him, I'm the only one who gets up with him at night. I'm sure we wake Elery up though when one of the two of us, or both of us, cry. Haha.
I am taking 9 weeks of maternity leave so I still have 6 weeks left at home with my little guy and then when I return to work, he'll be with me at work Monday-Wednesday and then my MIL will watch him on Thursdays and of course, I'm off Friday-Ssunday. Some days 6 weeks feels like an eternity and on other days, I think, where did these first 3 weeks go? Sleep deprivation tends to make time both stand still and blend days into one another.
In other news, Savannah's birthday is coming up quick! She's going to be 8. I can hardly believe it. We've rented a moonwalk for her birthday party and are going to invite some of our friends' kids that Savannah plays with. There's a few that are close to her in age that she enjoys running around with at Final Fridays. I need to go to Party City sometime this weekend and get some decorations for her party! We're doing a rainbow theme and my MIL is going to make her a rainbow cake. :)
Op, Zaine is waking up. I better go feed him!
Zaine Elery was born April 14th, 2011 at 10:54pm weighing 7lbs8oz and measuring 19.5"long. Today he's just a little over 3 weeks old. I'm breastfeeding and it is SO much work/difficult then I ever imagined because he nurses so frequently and no one can help me. It has to be me for every feeding. I have a spot on the couch that i try to leave set up with entertainment/water/necessary items because I don't get to leave it too often! It's gotten a little better now that Zaine is a little older but I swear it felt like there were days I didn't leave this spot at all--including nights. The first week, Zaine would NOT sleep unless someone was holding him. Since I was terrified to fall asleep with him in my arms, I just didn't sleep. There were several 24 hour periods that I got maybe 2 hours of sleep--and they weren't consecutive. Finally I bought a infant bed that fits in our bed and he will sleep in it. I also bought a bedrail so I have the infant bed on the edge of the bed (but protected from the edge by the rail) and I'm in the middle and Elery is on the other side. Although I don't have much room and Elery tends to take over my spot when I get up to nurse, I really like this arrangement. Since I have terrible vision, if Zaine cried in the bassinet, I had to put on my glasses and get up out of bed to check on him--even with the bassinet right next to my bed. My vision is THAT bad. Now, when he fusses he's literally right next to me so I just peep on over the little hard plastic barrier that keeps him in his own separate space. On good nights, I will get a 2 2-3 hour stretches of sleep, on bad nights we're up every hour, for an hour, to nurse. he falls asleep when nursing a lot. Since I'm the only one who can feed him, I'm the only one who gets up with him at night. I'm sure we wake Elery up though when one of the two of us, or both of us, cry. Haha.
I am taking 9 weeks of maternity leave so I still have 6 weeks left at home with my little guy and then when I return to work, he'll be with me at work Monday-Wednesday and then my MIL will watch him on Thursdays and of course, I'm off Friday-Ssunday. Some days 6 weeks feels like an eternity and on other days, I think, where did these first 3 weeks go? Sleep deprivation tends to make time both stand still and blend days into one another.
In other news, Savannah's birthday is coming up quick! She's going to be 8. I can hardly believe it. We've rented a moonwalk for her birthday party and are going to invite some of our friends' kids that Savannah plays with. There's a few that are close to her in age that she enjoys running around with at Final Fridays. I need to go to Party City sometime this weekend and get some decorations for her party! We're doing a rainbow theme and my MIL is going to make her a rainbow cake. :)
Op, Zaine is waking up. I better go feed him!