I definitely never intended to write a "mommy blog" (and back when I started blogging, kids weren't even remotely on the horizon and I would have never guessed I'd keep it up so long! TWSS). Hopeful it won't stay a mommy blog forever, but right now, that's kind of all that I have. I'm on maternity leave, recovering from surgery, and caring for a newborn. I guess I could blog about current events or something, but let's be honest, the rest of the world is much less interesting to me right now.
Kind of all I care about currently. |
We came home from the hospital on Saturday, when Dalton was
four days old.
Getting ready for his world début! |
We were in the hospital an extra hour waiting for a wheelchair. That I had to walk over and get in to. Policy, I guess. |
The hospital was pretty sweet, but I was weirdly excited to “introduce”
him to his home. Because he totally knew the difference.
He got to meet 4/5 of his grandparents right away! My dad is coming this weekend to complete things.
Welcome home! See how psyched he is? |
He got to meet 4/5 of his grandparents right away! My dad is coming this weekend to complete things.
My mom and stepfather
stayed with us until Tuesday, and it was amazing. I basically did nothing but
cuddle with and feed Dalton, and they cooked us gourmet level meals and cleaned
the kitchen. Actually, even after the sad goodbye, we're still on that plan
because they left us plenty of extras.
We are now on day 9 of his life, and have spent one full day caring for him all by ourselves (so expert level now, obviously). Here’s a random collection of thoughts about it.
1. Anyone who knows me knows that next to needles, there's nothing I hate more than hugs and inspirational, cheesy quotes and clichés. That said, it turns out that all that crap about motherhood being a love like you've never known and being instantly infatuated with your kid is true. Who knew?
Home in time to cheer the Ravens to victory. |
He's a "first bath by inept new parents" survivor. |
6. Two things that I thought were hyperbolic descriptions.
- That scene on Friends after Rachel has her baby when she's looking at her sleeping and is like "I actually miss her right now".
- People telling me that you will lose so much self consciousness in the hospital that you can be breastfeeding and tell the janitor to come on in.
7. We had our first outing yesterday, to the pediatrician. Dalton has surpassed his birth weight, and gained even more than the recommended amount. I was super excited over this, which means I've officially entered lame mom territory. Even more exciting, that means we don't have to wake him every two hours to eat anymore. Something I didn't realize is that "every two hours" isn't really two hours, because it's start of feeding to start of next feeding. So if he eats at 1am -1:30 am, and goes back to sleep at 1:45am, you need to wake him back up to eat at 3am. Again, I don't mean that as a complaint, because I was honestly just so happy that he was eating well. But it's exciting to let him call the shots now!
8. We were only a slight mess leaving the house. One lesson I learned was that you are supposed to apply deodorant under your sleeve. It doesn't work on top of clothing.
Eric insisted that picture make the blog |
We got the baby in the car, pulled out, and then I realized "hey, we have a baby now! We're supposed to bring the diaper bag with us!". Luckily we hadn't gone far and could go back and get it and still be on time. Not surprisingly, it turned out to be extremely necessary.
9. We started watching The Strain. Creepy vampire violence. You can't go wrong.
Best week of your life. Go.
Towels with hats are pretty much the cutest thing ever. Except for hats with ears.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on all of these! Glad you might get some more sleep now!!
ReplyDeleteI kinda glanced over the words but I'm really here for the adorable baby photos.
ReplyDeleteThe photos! The photos!! The photos!!!
ReplyDeleteWell look at you. Sounds like motherhood is going pretty well so far and you were so worried.
ReplyDeleteI gave up on The Strain. The book was soooo good and the show is soooo cheesy. I think I got to episode 7 and the rest are on the DVR getting no action.
Congratulations! He is absolutely precious!!! I've started reading again, but I can't comment from my phone soooo -- here I am on my lunch break. : )
ReplyDeleteAnd...I'd say you did well to get out of the house with a baby and a little deodorant on your shirt. All I'm responsible for is myself and I managed to make it to work this morning with deodorant on my shirt AND toothpaste still on my lips. Thank God it's Friday!!!