ramblings from the home front
Erik is pretty awesome. Not getting much sleep and wondering when feeding my child will be less frustrating isn't so awesome, but I can live with them.
I don't think I've even left the house since we got back from the hospital, and today is Erik's first doctor's appointment. I didn't really bother to set up a diaper bag, or even buy a nice one. I was going to try using the free one we got from some formula company (I figured it couldn't hurt to have them send us free things, and if we don't use the formula, which I'm hoping we won't have to, maybe we can donate it to Wpg Harvest) so I guess I'll see how things go.
I do really wish we had a car. Adrian still hasn't heard back re: the write off amount since we've been too busy to call. It would be so awesome to be able to just go to the doctor's or get things from the store with Erik along, but in this weather it's obviously not desirable to walk or bus since he's just so small. So instead we have to depend on rides from family, which is fine, but probably a pain in the butt for them.
Also, I'm worried about Adrian because he's kind of trying to do everything. He wants to take care of both Erik and me, but he also has this deadline at work that he has to meet. So he's not really sleeping the best, and he's kind of stressed out. But hopefully things will work out (as they always do in the end anyway) and everything will get a little more even-keeled for him. I'm just pretty exhausted trying to breastfeed this little guy seeing as he's not always very cooperative. We've already had like 3 home visits from the public health system, which is a little exceptional I believe--usually it's max one visit unless there are problems (I guess we have problems even though his weight is going up about 30g per day, which is kind of the max they expect).
Anyhow, just some quick ramblings. I'm not sure I'm doing all that great a job so far, but everyone else seems to think I am ("maybe they're lying to make you feel better," suggests the little voice in the back of my head), so at least I'm putting on a decent show, I guess.
I don't think I've even left the house since we got back from the hospital, and today is Erik's first doctor's appointment. I didn't really bother to set up a diaper bag, or even buy a nice one. I was going to try using the free one we got from some formula company (I figured it couldn't hurt to have them send us free things, and if we don't use the formula, which I'm hoping we won't have to, maybe we can donate it to Wpg Harvest) so I guess I'll see how things go.
I do really wish we had a car. Adrian still hasn't heard back re: the write off amount since we've been too busy to call. It would be so awesome to be able to just go to the doctor's or get things from the store with Erik along, but in this weather it's obviously not desirable to walk or bus since he's just so small. So instead we have to depend on rides from family, which is fine, but probably a pain in the butt for them.
Also, I'm worried about Adrian because he's kind of trying to do everything. He wants to take care of both Erik and me, but he also has this deadline at work that he has to meet. So he's not really sleeping the best, and he's kind of stressed out. But hopefully things will work out (as they always do in the end anyway) and everything will get a little more even-keeled for him. I'm just pretty exhausted trying to breastfeed this little guy seeing as he's not always very cooperative. We've already had like 3 home visits from the public health system, which is a little exceptional I believe--usually it's max one visit unless there are problems (I guess we have problems even though his weight is going up about 30g per day, which is kind of the max they expect).
Anyhow, just some quick ramblings. I'm not sure I'm doing all that great a job so far, but everyone else seems to think I am ("maybe they're lying to make you feel better," suggests the little voice in the back of my head), so at least I'm putting on a decent show, I guess.