4 Days Old
It's been quite an interesting ride coping with a newborn as many of you guys can relate too. Our little guy doesn't like to finish a meal without falling asleep, leaving him hungry and us, at times, frustrated. He also has a problem waking up in the night (over 5 times one night) and only wanting to eat. Mom can't feed him 5 times in one night without going crazy and we were afraid he's not getting the proper nutrition during the day from nursing. We decided after being up with him for 2 hours and couldn't get him to settle down, to give him a bottle. I know, every Leche League mom is screaming right now. But it did the job! He slept for 3 hours, I woke him and gave him another bottle and then he slept till 8:30! It was seriously a miracle because we actually got a good night's sleep for the first time since he's been home and hopefully this pattern will continue. He's napping now and John is relaxing.
John goes back to work on Wednesday and I'm really sad about that. Thanfully he only works till about 2pm and we'll have lots of afternoons together till I go back to work. I can't say I'm excited to be home by myself (Randi? Mandie?) but I'm looking forward to spending some quality time with Ben while I still can. He's so adorable when he's awake and even cuter when he's asleep. :) Thanks to everyone for coming to visit us in the hospital and for all of your support and encouragement!
Sounds like you are officially a mommy! Breastfeeding is a lot of work for a baby, so lazy eaters tend to fall asleep. Both Tommy and Anna did that. We used the bottle at night (for our sanity), and breastfeeding during the day, and it worked pretty well. Hopefully, he's good to you, and sleeps better this next week! Also, did you forget about me? I am a stay-at-home mom as well! I will be more than willing to come visit you when you feel like you're ready (without my kids, of course), so you're not by yourself so much. Good luck!
I don't know what we can do but I would love to come and hang out with you... CJ is going to have a little more school responsibility in the coming weeks and I still have a couple of weeks before I have to go back to work. I will call you.. we will work something out on a day after we have both gotten a little sleep the night before! :-)