Our first week

I'm going to start by saying I've decided to refer to Baby V by his initials MV if I keep this blog long enough there will be another baby v so he should have his own name.

We have officially been home a week now and what a week it has been! Full of appointments, and diapers and sleepless nights we've survived.

The first night home was rough. I thought for sure I had the wrong baby, he had been so calm and relaxed in the hospital but that first night home he was freaking out. Up all night, insanely fussy, troubles latching. My mom arrived at 7 am the next morning and in tears I handed him over, it was too much.

Since that night we have made so much progress. Meltdowns are fewer (both his and mine) and we are even developing a bit of a routine.

Breastfeeding continues to be a work in progress, he's latching well 90% of the time. We alternate between a football hold and cross cradle depending on his preference at the time. The public health nurse came on Friday to assess him and check his weight. MV's birth weight was 7lbs15.5oz and leaving the hospital he had dropped 9.2% to 7lbs4oz. As of Friday he was back up to 7.8 which is reassuring were doing something right. We see the lactation consultant tomorrow so he will be weighed again.

We are working on sorting out our day vs nights. The past two nights have been great with 2-3 hours of sleep between feeds. I'm feeling more rested which is very good! It's hard to keep a 10 day old infant awake but that's the plan for evenings, lots of awake time and cluster feeding. We have a big feed between 11-12 and that starts our night pattern. Fingers crossed we can keep it up.

MV had his first doctors appointment, everything went well. We forgot to ask a few questions, specifically about circumcision options. We need more info before we decide what to do in regards to that... Medically speaking I have seen the potential complications from not doing it but it's also deemed not nessicary... decisions decisions...

We had our first tummy time last night, we had to wait for his cord to fall off first. He's got a really strong neck so he did very well his first time. We skipped today because I'm not feeling that well but we'll get back into it tomorrow.

In hospital MV failed his hearing test in his left ear so we went today to be re tested. A lot of babies require retesting for a variety of reasons so I wasn't worried and he did amazing. There is no doubt he has perfect hearing.

MV physically has changed do much this week as well, I'm taking lots of pictures to capture each little thing. His features are different each day I can't wait to see who/what he truly looks like. He's starting to pay more attention and follow things with his eyes, I've been recognizable being I'm the food source lol but daddy also is becoming a voice and face MV is starting to pay more attention too.

I'm sure there's lot of other things I could tell you, but you may not wish to read every little detail lol. I'm tired of course so I'm struggling to think if there's anything else worth sharing. I could do a whole other post on how "I" specifically am and probably will.
MV's birth story is also a work in progress, I have all the facts just trying to make it flow as nice as others I've read ;)

And now it is time for another feed and start the process of preparing for bed.
:)