So, only now I understand what people with babies meant by saying 'I don't have time for anything'. Sometimes it's actually not that bad, but the other days I feel like all I do is breastfeeding and changing diapers. What can I say?! My baby poops a lot!!!!! The first three weeks or so he would poop after every feeding, literally. I probably changed up to 12-15 diapers a day. We used both, pampers and huggies. Not much of a difference to me. They both leak, especially if your baby loves moving a lot. Mine does. He kicks his legs, waves his hands and makes the funniest poopie faces)
Here's the evidence!
Here's the evidence!
When he lies on his belly or on the side, his piss always leaks through the top of the diaper and ends up on his tummy and clothes. Kind of sucks. And it's not that the diaper doesn't fit right, it's just the way it is. I don't even consider getting night time diapers cause for the baby night time is when it sleeps, which is whenever the baby feels like it. So, it's kind of pointless unless I switch to that kind of diapers completely.
Breastfeeding is pain in the butt!!!!!! Bonding, nutrition, baby's immune system provider - all good. But all the rest sucks. I had milk from the very first moment I met my baby. Lucky me. But three days later I got extremely engorged. I went somewhere from size D to whatever comes after DD. DDD??? Two sizes bigger. Those were not boobs, that was an udder!!! I will make a separate post on the "bright sides" of breastfeeding. I would only say my baby is 6 weeks now and feeding him is still painfull, my nipples are burning if he's nursing for a while as well as my breasts get really itchy.
My baby boy slept a lot the first two weeks. Waking him up to eat was the hardest. He looked so sleepy and tired all the time. I bet, after rock'n'rolling constantly in my belly for the last 3 months! Eventually that hibernating phase ends and the fun begins! It's not that terrible overall, but when your baby is wide awake and craving for attention at 5 am, it can get pretty frustrating, especially considering that I am constantly sleep deprived on top of that. My mom says, 'Sleep when the baby sleeps'. I am sorry, but this is bullshit. If the baby can't tell the difference between day and night, well, I still can. I am trying to change my schedule a little so that I would go to bed around 11 instead of my usual 2-3 am. But I just can't sleep in the middle of the day.
Once in a while he has these nightmare days. There are two reasons for that: growth spurt when he wants to eat every half an hour and gas in his tummy which is obviously very painful since he can cry for 8 hours straight and nothing helps to calm him down (we tried EVERYTHING). More details on that in a breastfeeding post.
At our 1 month check up we were 10 lbs and 3 oz and 23 inches long. My pediatrician told me he gained really well and looked very taken care of. She said I was doing everything right with a 200% effiiciency. Honestly, that sounded super encouraging, since I am always freaking out that I am being a bad mommy. Even though my husband is always telling me I am doing great.
OMG, Mike is so in love with our son. I am really touched with his attachment. I remember the first days at home I would just sit there and cry watching these two. I can't imagine my life without them. Being a mommy is very tough, it's the hardest job I've experienced so far, but so rewarding. When I only think that I could choose not to have my baby, I feel short of breath and paniced. He is the biggest joy God could reward me with! He is perfect, even though I am always tired and he is driving me crazy once in a while.
Oh, and you know what's funny. At first Sawyer looked exactly like his daddy, and by now I can see 80% of myself in his face. Babies are so unpredictable!
Baby's awake. More to come!
Breastfeeding is pain in the butt!!!!!! Bonding, nutrition, baby's immune system provider - all good. But all the rest sucks. I had milk from the very first moment I met my baby. Lucky me. But three days later I got extremely engorged. I went somewhere from size D to whatever comes after DD. DDD??? Two sizes bigger. Those were not boobs, that was an udder!!! I will make a separate post on the "bright sides" of breastfeeding. I would only say my baby is 6 weeks now and feeding him is still painfull, my nipples are burning if he's nursing for a while as well as my breasts get really itchy.
My baby boy slept a lot the first two weeks. Waking him up to eat was the hardest. He looked so sleepy and tired all the time. I bet, after rock'n'rolling constantly in my belly for the last 3 months! Eventually that hibernating phase ends and the fun begins! It's not that terrible overall, but when your baby is wide awake and craving for attention at 5 am, it can get pretty frustrating, especially considering that I am constantly sleep deprived on top of that. My mom says, 'Sleep when the baby sleeps'. I am sorry, but this is bullshit. If the baby can't tell the difference between day and night, well, I still can. I am trying to change my schedule a little so that I would go to bed around 11 instead of my usual 2-3 am. But I just can't sleep in the middle of the day.
Once in a while he has these nightmare days. There are two reasons for that: growth spurt when he wants to eat every half an hour and gas in his tummy which is obviously very painful since he can cry for 8 hours straight and nothing helps to calm him down (we tried EVERYTHING). More details on that in a breastfeeding post.
At our 1 month check up we were 10 lbs and 3 oz and 23 inches long. My pediatrician told me he gained really well and looked very taken care of. She said I was doing everything right with a 200% effiiciency. Honestly, that sounded super encouraging, since I am always freaking out that I am being a bad mommy. Even though my husband is always telling me I am doing great.
OMG, Mike is so in love with our son. I am really touched with his attachment. I remember the first days at home I would just sit there and cry watching these two. I can't imagine my life without them. Being a mommy is very tough, it's the hardest job I've experienced so far, but so rewarding. When I only think that I could choose not to have my baby, I feel short of breath and paniced. He is the biggest joy God could reward me with! He is perfect, even though I am always tired and he is driving me crazy once in a while.
Oh, and you know what's funny. At first Sawyer looked exactly like his daddy, and by now I can see 80% of myself in his face. Babies are so unpredictable!
Baby's awake. More to come!