On Saturday, January 11, 2014 the greatest gift I've ever received was born, our son, Isaac, came into the world that afternoon and he is absolutely perfect. I can't even express the amount of love I have for this little guy. My husband was an amazing support person during my very difficult labor process, and I am so very thankful to him. We are both smitten with this little bundle of joy. Here's a brief summary of our first week with our little mister.
The day he was born, my parents and Nick's visited us in the hospital. I spent most of the day recovering meaning that Nick was on diaper duty. I couldn't stop staring at Isaac and it was hard to pass him around to all of his adoring grandparents.
Sunday, January 12 we continued to recover in the hospital. The day after birth, I was feeling the pain more than I like to admit. Isaac was having problems eating due to a bit of jaundice. The poor little guy had so many pokes and prods and tests on Sunday, I felt so bad for him. He also had many more visitors that day.
Monday, January 13 we were slated to head home! Yikes! We had Isaac circumsized and he handled it like a champ. Both Nick and I helped soothe him through the process and neither of us watched. Isaac also had to get tested for jaundice AGAIN, so I was once again feeling sorry for the little guy. Finally around 11:00 AM, the nurse started to get our paperwork together and we were able to head home. Talk about SCARY. Our friend, Tonya, met us at the house and helped with the transition of Penny seeing us. Our poor little dog probably thought we abandoned her because we left the house to abruptly the Friday before and were gone all weekend.
Once we got settled, Nick and I realized we were all on our own. No nurses, doctors, no help - just us. The reality set in. We're responsible for this tiny human being. Wow. We still couldn't get over how perfect he was and now we were in charge of raising him. Amazing.
We set up the living room because I couldn't get around very easily and for the rest of the week slept on the couch with Isaac right next to us. Nick helped with everything. He was so amazing. I struggled with feeding Isaac because he was still dealing with the jaundice. Tuesday night Nick has to leave for class. Some of our friends came over and poor little Isaac cried the entire time because I couldn't figure out his feeding. I felt so so bad. I was thankful for my friends' help, but I was stressed out. The next day, we took Isaac for this healthy baby check up and he had lost 9% of his birth weight. The pressure to figure out feeding was on. We were due to go back to the doctor to see if he gained back his weight.
The rest of the week was spent getting to know Isaac and learning how to care for him. We made progress on breastfeeding but there was still one obstacle to overcome aside from the jaundice. He was also born tongue-tied, so we scheduled an appointment for a minor procedure to get that taken care of the following week.
Over the weekend, Isaac had plenty of visitors - my aunt and cousin, my mom and her boyfriend, and my two best friends from gradeschool. Isaac has many admirers.
We were also blessed by our church to receive meals every other day for two weeks. Some of friends came over to help with the house work (although Nick did everything!) and keep us company.
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