Wheeler will be 4 weeks old on Friday! I am currently typing with one hand and holding him sleeping in the other. Sister is at school, which she is not happy about. None of y'all told me or mentioned on your blogs how hard it is with 2 kids! I could care for Wheeler with no problem! Add a preschooler to the mix and it is tough getting through the day! Sipsey only goes to school 2 days a week. The other three days are challenging. My only accomplishments are showering, loading/unloading the dishwasher, and doing one or two loads of laundry. There is dust 2 inches thick on every surface in the house. I hate to wish time to pass because I am cherishing these moments, but I really wish for the time to come that Sipsey will be used to the baby (who she loves, just not me caring for him so much) and Wheeler won't need me so much during the day.
Wheeler eats about every 2 hours in the morning and is awake a lot during that time too. He sleeps a lot during the afternoon and can go 3 hours between feedings. At night, he has this weird "witching hour" between 8 and 10 where he won't eat well but he acts hungry. Then he'll act sleepy and we have to WORK to get him to sleep. And all week, we have not been successful at that until 10. We have tried giving formula when he won't nurse and that doesn't help. He just doesn't know what he wants and I guess is exhausted by 1o and finally falls asleep. Last night he was awake from 6:30 to 10:00---far too long for a baby his age in my opinion! Fortunately during the night, he eats every 2-3 hours and goes right back to sleep giving us 2-3 hours of sleep at a time. We are learning to be happy with such little sleep!
I want to document that today is the exact day in time, as far as the baby's age, that we found out my dad had passed away. Sipsey was one day shy of 4 weeks old. I feel like so much of Sipsey's infancy was shrouded in shock and sorrow. We are trying to really appreciate these days, as hard as they may be because we certainly didn't have a normal experience the first time around.
Wheeler eats about every 2 hours in the morning and is awake a lot during that time too. He sleeps a lot during the afternoon and can go 3 hours between feedings. At night, he has this weird "witching hour" between 8 and 10 where he won't eat well but he acts hungry. Then he'll act sleepy and we have to WORK to get him to sleep. And all week, we have not been successful at that until 10. We have tried giving formula when he won't nurse and that doesn't help. He just doesn't know what he wants and I guess is exhausted by 1o and finally falls asleep. Last night he was awake from 6:30 to 10:00---far too long for a baby his age in my opinion! Fortunately during the night, he eats every 2-3 hours and goes right back to sleep giving us 2-3 hours of sleep at a time. We are learning to be happy with such little sleep!
I want to document that today is the exact day in time, as far as the baby's age, that we found out my dad had passed away. Sipsey was one day shy of 4 weeks old. I feel like so much of Sipsey's infancy was shrouded in shock and sorrow. We are trying to really appreciate these days, as hard as they may be because we certainly didn't have a normal experience the first time around.
He purses his lips like this all the time!
Going on a walk for the first time. Also the last time for now. We've tried 3 more times=baby screaming.
I can't believe I have a child who sleeps like this.
When his sister HAD to sleep like this. We have tried this position with Brother and he won't have it!
6 comments:
oh lauren you have me gearing up now for this baby #3!!! i think noone talks about those first few i mean MANY difficult weeks bc noone is at a position to even talk at that point!!! ha! plus bennett was my difficult infant and emory was so easy. and thats exactly how bennett acted at night AND slept. BOYS! i have to say tho as they age boys seem to have the edge on girls in the "easy" department. much more mellow. i definitely agree, too, that the older siblings are much more difficult at first than the babies. its more of an adjustment for them! just keep trucking and dont mind the dust or laundry or no showers. soon it will all just seem "normal." ;) jk. this too shall pass and soon he will learn what eating and sleeping are. and THEN you can take a shower!
hugs!
xo
nat
{sorry for the novel!}
ps. he is a BEAUTIFUL baby! tiny feisty perfection!
Oh Lauren. You are t aking me back! Except throw in some post partum depression for me and our house was a real mess! But...it got so much better! And the house-well just don't worry about it! Enjoy that baby boy! I still get emotional when I think of the dark cloud that was over me during copes first few weeks! In a few weeks you will be amazed at how much better it gets! And oh my is he gorgeous! I love a baby boy!
Lauren! He is such a beautiful boy! You are doing better than me-I am lucky if I get a shower everyday! Mary Elliott has never been a big daytime napper-but sleeps great at night! Wish you were closer- i would love to see you guys! will you be making it into town for any Auburn games?
Oh yes, those first weeks are tough. Matthew was a little older when Luke was born, so the adjustment wasn't quite as hard. We had one week that was just HORRENDOUS, and then he (Matthew) started getting better as far as Luke was concerned.
We have a similar experience. Matthew was six weeks old to the day when my stepfather passed away. He had gone into the hospital when Matthew was 2 weeks old, came home with hospice, and passed away the day Matthew turned 6 weeks. You're right...it was just a dark cloud over those early days.
Love the way Wheeler sleeps! Must be a boy thing, because both of mine always slept that way.
Hang in there...it DOES get easier!
look at those lips!!! so cute. i am sure everything will calm down (spoken from a true aunt, not a mother myself, haha). :)
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