I made it.
Through my first day alone with the bugs. Now for how I do with the normal routine... We'll see tomorrow I guess.
Bye bye cord stump
It fell off in the middle of the night lastnight! Wow! That was a surprise, I was changing his diaper and unzipped his sleeper to find a normal slightly scabbed over belly button!!! Wow! What a surprise, I knew it was loose, but expected it to take a few more days. Real bath here we come!!! He also rolled over on Saturday, he also did on Thursday but I thought it was a fluke. I'm still not too convinced. One thing is clear he doesn't like tummy time. I put him on his belly and he pushes off with all his might until he flops over. I really still think it's a fluke though, I'll have to try it again later with a camera handy and see what happens. Wouldn't…
Jealousy
We had our first stint with it tonight. I was feeding Joey and Aiden shook his finger at him and told me "No, no." Aiden was hungry too and didn't want Joey eating before him. I finished up feeding Joey, burped him, changed him, and then put him down in his swing and gave Aiden some cuddle time while we waited for dinner to come (tonight was our last night of dinners from the ward, what a lifesaver). I couldn't move fast enough. Michael is still sick and it looks like Kevin has to go in tomorrow, so, I have three boys for my first day staying home alone after Joey's birth. One sick, one high needs newborn and one feeling left out. This should be fun.. Or Something... Haha!…
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!
So, the very next diaper change after publishing that last post, not a half hour later, what does Joey do? He pees and poops all over, not just a little, but soaking me, and ruining the outfit and blanket that he was wearing, LOL! Serves me right for counting my chicks before they're hatched. BTW, today is Joey's one week birthday! Happy birthday little monster! Can't imagine life without him.
MLK Day
Good morning and happy day off to everyone at home today. So far things are going so well with Joey that we're having a hard time not bracing ourselves for the bad part... So far he sleeps well (for a newborn), doesn't have blow outs, has only gone potty a couple times during diaper changes (vs. every time with Aiden, and almost every time with Michael) spits up very little, and only when we don't burp him ASAP after a feeding, burps fast once we start burping him, fusses only when he feels insecure or is very hungry, feels secure as long as he's being held, is MORE content when he hears his brothers roughing around, and it goes on and on. I'm tempted to say that I got my…
Getting back into the swing of things.
We're getting things going again. Kevin should be going back to work on Tuesday, and it seems like normal life is picking up again. I was able to pick up my camera this morning and do a session with Joey. That felt really nice, I've just been so tired and haven't been able to make a lot of time for pictures of him. I woke up this morning with him next to me and he was so beautiful in the morning light, finally the clouds cleared long enough to give us some of the gorgeous golden morning glow. So I'm having some fun playing with those pictures. Poor Michael has yucky cough and a funny voice, but he says he doesn't have a sore throat. We're doing our best to…
A rough night.
Lastnight was our first rough night with Joey. Usually, so far, he's seemed to have a cycle at night; eat, burp, poop/change, and sleep until he's hungry again at which point I usually wake him up or he starts to meow a little and eat again, very easy when it comes to newborns... Lastnight it went more like, cry, eat, cry, scream through change, want to be held, mommy hit breakdown critical, daddy (who was VERY tired after about 2 hours sleep the night before cause we went to bed very late, he took grandma to the airport, and then the big boys were awake for the day) burped him and get him settled down, lay him down, cry, eat, cry some more, daddy take over again, clean up blow…
Joey had his first Doctors appointment today.
Normally they don't really have their first appointment until 2 weeks, but they wanted to bring him in because I needed antibiotics during labor and only had time for half the recommended amount, so they wanted to make sure he didn't get an infection. He's fine on that front. He's back up to his birth weight already. That's a great sign because they don't usually expect that until 2 weeks. He's eating enough that it doesn't surprise me much. He's also slightly jaundiced, but doesn't even need any therapy for that, though I'll try to get a little sunlight therapy for that in the morning if these clouds will just go away, and his constant eating and dirty diapers should help flush out his system. We're getting excited for the…
We’re home!
And still being slow on the pictures, Sorry! There's only one out there so far... I haven't really had a chance to focus on that. Here it is.
Why Joseph Merlin??
You may have been surprised at our choice of a middle name for our latest addition. Especially with all of the build up in the last few months with Kevin and I not telling what we've chosen for baby Joey's middle name, and being so open about his first name. Well it all has to do with meaning. Our two older sons have names Kevin and I like, along with middle names after a living family member. Michael Jeffrey was named after Kevin's cousin Jeff, who has always been a good friend to Kevin. Oh, the stories Kevin has told about spending time with him. Aiden Nathaniel, was named after my brother Nathan or Nate, who I grew pretty close to after I got married and moved away. He was…