Week One

This past week has been wonderful. Michael was home to manage Greyson and allow me time to heal and to get the hang of nursing Amelia. I really thought that nursing her would be easy, after-all she's a healthy full-term baby and I was still nursing Greyson just 7 months ago. But I was wrong. It was hard and painful, but after a week we seem to have gotten the hang of it. I'm so happy to be able to breastfeed my children, but this week has really reminded me that while it is "natural" it doesn't comes "naturally". There is a learning curve - for mom and baby.


Amelia and I have spent a lot of time snuggled in bed together and it's been wonderful. She is so sweet and so beautiful. I can't get over it, I fall more in love with her every day. So far she's a really calm baby too. She cries, but never for long and we can almost always figure out why she is crying and solve the problem. And she sleeps... a lot. I'm blown away by how much she sleeps. At night we are getting 2, 4 hour stretches from her. I think Greyson was a year old before he slept that well!


The only down-side to this week has been my vertigo. At first we thought it was due to fluid loss or anemia, but now I'm pretty sure I have an inner ear infection. All I know is that is feels like I'm on a boat. Constant rocking. I've had this happen before and can handle it pretty well, but it another reason I'm so glad I could lay-low this week. It's hard to manage much when your equilibrium is all messed up.

Our first week as a family of four has been a nice one. Greyson is warming up to Ameila. Today he even wanted to hold her. It was a sweet moment. I think he's realizing that she is here for good and that he better get used to her.