A little picture capturing our life. This was taken last night after a nice walk through the neighborhood. You'd think that it's Evan getting up with him throughout the night. ha. Evan & I are both sleep-deprived. No one can escape the noise when you live in an apartment.
Today marks two weeks since Seth's arrival. It has been challenging, but we're making progress. Thanks to everyone who commented, emailed me, and called me to give encouragement. It certainly helped!!
Tomorrow is his first check-up. I'm hoping he's gained some weight. A week ago he was 5 lbs. 15 oz. So, hopefully he's above 6 lbs. tomorrow.
He sleeps great all afternoon, and will even sleep in his bassinet for some of it. At night, this isn't the case. He wants held. He definitely is wanting held more often than not. It's difficult for me to get much done. I've also resorted to using a pacifier a few times to get him to fall asleep between feedings. He sucks on it at first, but after that it's like it's just a comfort thing. It works, though. He falls asleep once it's in. Sometimes he'll spit it out while sleeping and of course, I don't put it back in. Mostly, I must remember that he is actually just under 38 weeks old. I can't expect him to be on track with most newborns. He is catching up though, I think.
4 comments:
what about one of those infant carriers? the ones you wear on the front of you? maybe he wants to be close to you so this COULD help??? Try to keep him up more in the day and maybe he will sleep more at night though it may be too early for all this as he is young like you say!
Love the photo! Thats great;)
oh yeah! I was told when I had Adam dont plan to sleep for another 18 yrs! HA! It does get better! Time is flying by 2 weeks already! wow!
well if that isn't the cutest thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!! definitely a photo to cherish!!
Yes my snugli was a life saver!!!!!! It freed up my hands while still giving jack the closeness he wanted. Plus I just tried the first month to hold him as much as I could....of course I can't remember too much cuz no sleep makes it hard to put 2 and 2 together.
You need a Baby Bjorn!! They are amazing and great on your back. They are pricey but you can find them on craigslist.com or on ebay for much cheaper.
Lindsey had her nights and days switched for 2 or 3 weeks. People always used to tell me to keep her awake but I never figured out how to keep a newborn who can barely see awake :) We did do baths...that woke her up...for a little while...
It will all get better! I promise!!
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