Saturday, December 7, 2013

The First Month

When do I get to sleep again?

So, where to start? I am exhausted, bleary eyed, anxious, and hormonal. Four weeks later. My toddler has a cold, my newborn loves to nurse (way, way too much) and my husband has a job that means overnight hours, which means nighttime duty is MINE! Hooray!

Not that I'm complaining. Yes, I am tired, but really in love with this little blob laying in his Boppy pillow right now. He is so sweet and sleeps fairly well at this point (actually had our first five hour stint last night, whoo!) AND he nurses well and takes pacifiers at the same time! Whoever said pacifiers ruin nursing, well, they didn't have my baby!


So the toddler loves his brother. Absolutely loves him. But he is in exile at the moment, suffering from what I am hoping is just a cold. If it's any stronger then I need to go ahead and start taking my anxiety medication now. Because if anything sends this mama through the roof with panic, it's sickness. What do you do when you've got a sick toddler and a newborn baby to keep in perfect health? Ship them off with auntie, and hope she doesn't get sick. Or that will be MORE medical bills to pay.

Tummy time has been paying off thankfully. He holds his head up pretty well. He is attempting to roll himself over, not that that will happen for quite some time. Or at least, I hope not. I wish I had some weight and height stats to share, but the doctor appointment is scheduled until next Friday.

But, have I been getting me time? Certainly. The good thing about having daddy around during the day time is I get to go walking and start my exercise routine again, and the kids get quality dad time! I also get to take baths and everything else, but that's just when the kids are asleep. Kids, wow. It's still weird to type about having more than one! It's been a tough adjustment, but I'm getting there.

My incision healed very well, I was thankfully able to get off the medication after about two weeks. Motrin is a wonder drug, by the way. I highly suggest it to anyone for, well, anything. Starting to exercise has been tough, and I feel horribly out of shape. I was able to lose thirty two of the forty five pounds I put on. I'm guessing it was mostly water, how else would it have come off so easily?

But here is to a great but shaky first month, and here is to many more good ones to come!