…when your home with baby! So, yesterday (Jan 9th) was Sofia’s unbirthday, aka her due date and she had a really great day but a not so great sleep night. I’m sure every new Mom who is just home from the hospital has gone through what we’ve experienced the last few weeks. One night she’ll do great and have her regular 3-4 hour sleep stretches, which depend on how much she ate and the next night she’s up every hour and half and just doesn’t want to sleep at night. This turns into sleeping all day and the vicious cycle continues. I’d like to say I’ve figured out some holy grail solution that can keep this little one asleep for “appropriate” amounts of time that won’t have me one flew over the cuckoo’s nest by the end of the week, but alas I only have the knowledge other new Moms have…caffeine is a new Mom’s best friend. Oh, and of course I’m completely guilty of letting her sleep on my chest at night just to get a few comfortable hours of sleep.
We celebrated her Unbirthday by having her wear her very first (non preemie) party dress and getting weigh in…6lbs3oz!
A few days ago Sofia started having longer awake times where she is much more alert and engaged. The first morning we realized she’s associating sounds with direction and gaining some awareness of her surrounding was Saturday Jan 7th. She laid in bed after a bottle with Daddy and I walked in to tell him something and she turned her head to look at me. It was amazing to see such a small developmental milestone for the first time!
She has spent the last 2 weeks being showered with love from all our friends and family little bits at a time and we are so grateful to finally be near everyone. She spent the holidays with Aunts and Uncles, she’s been snuggles by the Grandma’s and fawned over by the Grandpa’s and even met her big cousin Mia! I can’t imagine having to go through these first few weeks alone after such a crazy NICU journey. Jonathan is about to be back on the traveling circuit for work and leaves at the end of this week for Alabama after having had an entire week home with us last week. I wish I could say that we had a productive week of getting our “Honey Do” list done but it was even better…we did virtual nothing besides indulge in this little angel, including sleeping-in with her as she napped between morning feeds.
We are truly in the baby honeymoon phase. I keep in mind though, that we still have friends that are braving the long NICU road and we constantly have them in our thoughts and prayers. Three others were also due in January, we all met on birth month boards on The Bump, and some of their due dates have come and passed. We send tons of prayers that their babymoon period is just around the corner!
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| My first party dress! Mom I need a bow, pretty please. |
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| Naptime in the co-sleeper…She’s always missing at least one sock. 🙂 |
