Well, today marks 1 month since little man was born, and it has seriously been one heck of a roller coaster ride. We actually brought him home two weeks ago, today. Let me just go ahead and say, he is such a good baby! He is very content, hardly ever cries unless he's hungry, and he's just all-around easy going and laid back, which I'm very thankful for. I must say, however, going from two to three has been quite the adjustment. The hardest part for me right now is constantly pumping. I had been trying to get off pumping completely and get B to directly breastfeed, but he'd get tired so quickly that I'd have to finish feeding him from a bottle every time. Then, I came down with a horrible kidney infection and had to "pump and dump" while I was on the pain medication, so we had to feed him the breastmilk I had stored while he was in the NICU. So, all this time getting a bottle has made transitioning to the breast seem impossible. It's like he's forgotten how to latch, and its very frustrating. (Any mommas with advice on this, please let me know!)
Going home, 2 weeks old
Anyways, Brady is doing very well. I was super nervous bringing him home from the NICU because I was so scared something would go wrong or his pneumothorax would come back or something, but he's done great. He is up to 7 pounds now, so he's still a tiny little guy and he's still fitting very comfortably in newborn size clothes and newborn size diapers.
His big sisters love him to death, and Elena is great at helping mommy with him. She likes to hold him and help feed him. She also is great fetching things like a burp cloth or wipes if I need them suddenly. It's nice to have a little helper around! Ivy wants to get him so bad. I'm convinced she thinks he's a baby doll because when she sees him, her little face lights up and she tries to grab for him. We are definitely keeping her at a distance so she doesn't hurt him because I know she doesn't understand to be gentle yet.
All in all, right now we're still adjusting. It's absolutely wonderful having little man home, and I'm so blessed to have three beautiful, well-behaved, happy children. I look forward to the day when Brady starts sleeping through the night, but until then, I'm embracing the tiredness because that means he's home with us, and he's healthy and thriving and I couldn't ask for more.
Until my next sleep deprived update,
His big sisters love him to death, and Elena is great at helping mommy with him. She likes to hold him and help feed him. She also is great fetching things like a burp cloth or wipes if I need them suddenly. It's nice to have a little helper around! Ivy wants to get him so bad. I'm convinced she thinks he's a baby doll because when she sees him, her little face lights up and she tries to grab for him. We are definitely keeping her at a distance so she doesn't hurt him because I know she doesn't understand to be gentle yet.
What a blessing that he's home. He's absolutely adorable!! Still praying for you, your family and little Brady. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe only advice that I have for trying to get little man to latch is to keep trying!
ReplyDeleteI had a friend of mine who tried for a few weeks to get her LO to latch and after 3 months baby finally did! She has exclusively BF him for almost 9 months since then! Good luck!
What a cutie, so glad he's home now!
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