written last friday, april 29th
Yesterday turned out to be quite the eventful day. I had my 6 week post-pardom appointment first thing in the morning. It was mostly a good report. I never wrote about the whole labor or even after labor experience, but briefly...not that awesome. Mostly the after labor part. After pushing for nearly 4 hours when it was all said and done, ending it with a vacuumed out 9 pound baby, well, it can cause some after pain. I was told the thing that caused the most pain afterwards didn't heal the way we expected and I will have the same thing happen next labor. Sounds fun...that was hard to hear.
We decided to start trying a bottle here and there to get Cap used to drinking mamma's milk from a different nipple:) It was not easy! I was also amazed at the emotions that arose during the whole process. To my surprise I have not 'loved' the breast feeding process. I am getting a lot more used to it than I was the first several weeks, but I just haven't liked it like I thought I would. So I was shocked to find myself crying feeding Cap through a bottle. I will keep the reasons to myself for now.
We also put Cap in a different room than us for the first time last night. When I say room, I mean hallway:) He is so noisy and I am such a light sleeper that I find myself most nights awake listening to his loud sleepy self waiting for him to wake up and wanting to eat again. I have recently wondered if he is really waking up and if we even need to intervene??? He ended up waking up for his usual first feeding around the same time, but then he woke up 2 times after that. The thing is though, as soon as we picked him up he fell right back to sleep without eating which he has never done!!! It was weird. The last two days I haven't picked him up as soon as he wakes himself up and he has been soothing himself right back to sleep. I am hoping this will help us at night time. I am in need of more sleep!!!
So, all of that combined along with a dirty house and a dryer that won't work while we are doing cloth diapers added up to an emotional day. Cap is as cute as ever and growing everyday. He is laid back most of the time, but look out if he gets to overstimulated for too long. Oh and he loves to eat his fist. Like the whole thing. Not just a thumb or finger. His entire fist!
this would be the wild turkey we found at our house one morning
this would be el cap
3 comments:
Confession: I slept with ear plugs starting a week into Julia's snoring, grunting, humming...whatever those newborns do while they sleep! I still always heard her cry...or Benj did! Either way...I got more sleep and she starting sleeping longer because I wasn't itching to feed her with each sounds she made!
All that to say...I think you are on the right track for more sleep! But if you want him close still then earplugs do wonders!
By the way...he's pretty adorable!
That is hilarious!! I am just still amazed at how something so small can be this loud sleeping! I kept thinking I had to get up and feed anytime he was making noise which meant no sleep! Now we only get up once a night which is amazing.
Awe... that is the cutest picture of Cap!!!! What a sweet little guy! I know it was hard to hear that you will probably have the same problem with the next baby!!!! I was so sad when you told me that! I wish it would of happened to me and not you!! However, Cap was sooooo worth it as you know! I'm so glad you decided to move Cap from your room at night, since you could not sleep! I kept telling you not to get right up, that he may put himself back to sleep. Hopefully your getting some much needed sleep!! Sorry you haven't loved the breast feeding process! This is the first I've heard of that! I myself did!!! It went perfect for me and when it was over I missed it!!
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