Last night was an interesting night. Nick, Dom and I went to my sister and Andrew's for dinner and to just hang out. Dom slept almost the whole time. We left there around 8:00 and went home. He slept at home until around 9:30 when I decided we should try to feed him and put him to bed. Nick told me that he'd feed him for me so I could take a shower (thank goodness!) so I left him and Dom in the nursery. After my shower I went in to see how things were going and Dom was a handful. He was screaming his poor little head off. Nick was still holding him too, which was weird because usually he's happy while we are holding him and just starts screaming when we put him down. Not this time. He was very unhappy.
Finally, after we were sure he was fed, clean and not hurt in any way, we decided to let him cry. We went to bed and I turned the monitor off (we don't really need it since we share a wall with him and can hear him cry without it) and I set my alarm. I set my alarm for 3 hours after he started eating the last time so I wouldn't miss feeding him if he were hungry. When the alarm went off at 12:40 a.m. I turned the monitor back on and sure enough he was screaming. So I made a bottle and went in.
After he finished the bottle, he went back down pretty easily. He made a few noises but he was not too fussy. So I went back to bed (it was about 1:15) and set my alarm for 3:45 a.m. When that alarm went off, I turned the monitor on and all I could hear was his "sleep sound machine". So I left the monitor on and went back to bed. Dominick didn't wake up until almost 6:30 a.m. then! Holy cow - 5+ hours of sleep!! Finally!
It was amazing. I really really hope he does that again tonight and it wasn't just a tease...I'll keep you posted! ;-)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
6 week check-up!!
Tuesday was my 6 week postpartum checkup with my OB. And everything is great as far as I know! My OB wasn't there. He was in Labor and Delivery so I only saw the Nurse Proctitioner. But she is nice so that was fine. I had to bring Dominick with me and everyone was in love with him. Everyone wanted to see him and 3 nurses followed me into my exam room! The nurse checked me out and everything is as it should be and my incision is healed very nicely she said.
The best part about the checkup is I got my "clearance"!! I can play kickball and go to the gym and basically do anything I want again! I'm so excited to start working out again. If you read my last post about kickball, it's obvious that I need to start to work out!
I think I'm going to have to send a picture and a thank you note to my OB. He's only an OB so I can only see him while I'm pregnant and since I don't plan on being pregnant any time soon, I hope I don't see him! He took such great care of me the whole time I was pregnant and he was with me for most of my labor but then he wasn't there for the delivery and he wasn't at either of my last two appointments. So the wonderful doctor who took such great care of Dominick while he was still growing, has never met Dominick. Crazy...
The best part about the checkup is I got my "clearance"!! I can play kickball and go to the gym and basically do anything I want again! I'm so excited to start working out again. If you read my last post about kickball, it's obvious that I need to start to work out!
I think I'm going to have to send a picture and a thank you note to my OB. He's only an OB so I can only see him while I'm pregnant and since I don't plan on being pregnant any time soon, I hope I don't see him! He took such great care of me the whole time I was pregnant and he was with me for most of my labor but then he wasn't there for the delivery and he wasn't at either of my last two appointments. So the wonderful doctor who took such great care of Dominick while he was still growing, has never met Dominick. Crazy...
So Sore... :-(
I wrote that I played kickball on Sunday for a few minutes...what I didn't write was how incredibly sore and out of shape I am! It's amazing to me. I literally ran from home to first 3 times...and I feel like I ran a marathon. Still - 4 days later. I can't believe how sore I am. My shoulders hurt from moving my arms while running!! How pathetic is that??
The first time I was up to bat and I ran to first I thought I was going to fall over while running. Do you ever have those dreams where you need to run fast and you're trying but you just can't do it?? That was me on Sunday. Trying so hard to run and realizing that I just can't do it.
Hopefully this Sunday will be better...
The first time I was up to bat and I ran to first I thought I was going to fall over while running. Do you ever have those dreams where you need to run fast and you're trying but you just can't do it?? That was me on Sunday. Trying so hard to run and realizing that I just can't do it.
Hopefully this Sunday will be better...
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Kickball!!
Some of you know this but for those who don't, Nick and I play on a kickball team every spring. For those of you who don't know this, you might think we are crazy, but the truth is kickball is the best sport ever and playing is amazing. We love it and look forward to kickball season every year. Today was our first day of the spring season.
Technically I couldn't play yet since I haven't had my 6 week post partum checkup yet and haven't gotten the "ok" to work out again. So I was going to watch and cheer. My mom came along since Nick, my sister and her husband all play too. She helped watch the kiddos while the game was going on. At the start of the game, we didn't have enough girls to play yet so I was added to the lineup. So mom had both kids by herself. They were both fine and it would have been fine except we had a mini storm right at the end of the first game. It was pouring and hailing. Luckily mom was there. My sister and mom packed up the kids while I packed up the rest of our stuff and they rushed to one of the cars. They got Cecilia in my sister's car and she stayed with Cecilia while my mom rushed Dom to my car. We got the kids in the car and my mom, Cecilia, Dom and I headed to my sister's house while the rest of the team played through the rain.
We are so lucky my mom came! We weren't going to ask her to because we thought I could handle both kids but there is NO way I could've gotten both of them out of there!
I was pretty bummed I didn't get to see the second game (because they did still play. After about 10 minutes of rain and hail, the sun came back out!) but getting Dom home and out of the rain is my first priority. I hope my mom can come again next week to help out! I can't wait to start playing again.
After the game, Angela, Andrew and Nick came back to my sister's and we hung out there for a bit. It's been a great Sunday and I'm so glad it's finally kickball season again! Go Sue!! (That's our team name, FYI!)
Technically I couldn't play yet since I haven't had my 6 week post partum checkup yet and haven't gotten the "ok" to work out again. So I was going to watch and cheer. My mom came along since Nick, my sister and her husband all play too. She helped watch the kiddos while the game was going on. At the start of the game, we didn't have enough girls to play yet so I was added to the lineup. So mom had both kids by herself. They were both fine and it would have been fine except we had a mini storm right at the end of the first game. It was pouring and hailing. Luckily mom was there. My sister and mom packed up the kids while I packed up the rest of our stuff and they rushed to one of the cars. They got Cecilia in my sister's car and she stayed with Cecilia while my mom rushed Dom to my car. We got the kids in the car and my mom, Cecilia, Dom and I headed to my sister's house while the rest of the team played through the rain.
We are so lucky my mom came! We weren't going to ask her to because we thought I could handle both kids but there is NO way I could've gotten both of them out of there!
I was pretty bummed I didn't get to see the second game (because they did still play. After about 10 minutes of rain and hail, the sun came back out!) but getting Dom home and out of the rain is my first priority. I hope my mom can come again next week to help out! I can't wait to start playing again.
After the game, Angela, Andrew and Nick came back to my sister's and we hung out there for a bit. It's been a great Sunday and I'm so glad it's finally kickball season again! Go Sue!! (That's our team name, FYI!)
Friday, March 6, 2009
Smiles!
My mom took this picture of me and Dominick on Tuesday. Dominick was smiling! My dad emailed it to me this morning and of course I have to share it! Aren't we cute?!?!?
Such a sweet husband
This past week, Nick has been on a different job than normal. Just for the week. It's a lot more work. He's been coming home absolutely exhausted. I feel so bad for him as he falls asleep on the couch sitting up. And he's still doing so much for us and other people. Last night we went to his brother's new house to look at some electrical stuff. We went to dinner after that and didn't get home until almost 10. I told him to go up to bed but he insisted on sitting with me while feeding Dominick one last time before bed. He fell asleep sitting up.
This isn't the sweet part. Dominick fell asleep during that last feeding and since Nick was sleeping I let them both sleep for a little bit before waking Nick up and heading upstairs to our bedrooms. When I did wake him up, Dominick woke up and wanted to finish that last ounce in his bottle. So Nick went to bed while I finished feeding Dom and put him to bed.
Ok that wasn't the sweet part either. I'm getting to it now! After I put Dominick to bed I went into our room to get ready for bed. When I finally climbed into bed I thought Nick was sleeping. He wasn't. He asked me for a good night kiss. After I gave him a kiss he told me "thank you". I was confused. I said, "for what?". He told me, for everything. He told me that he knows it's hard work all day with a 6 week old (Yes Dom is 6 weeks old today!) and lately when he's come home he's been too tired to do much so I've literally been taking care of Dom almost alone all day long. He told me that I am a great mommy and he thinks I am doing a great job. It made me want to cry! I don't mind taking care of him all day and night by myself. I know that Nick is working right now and working very very hard for us. I want him to hold Dom when he gets home but I don't want him to feel like he has to do everything just because I had him all day.
That small bit of appreciation last night made me realize how great our relationship is and how perfect our family is now with Dominick in it.
I'm so lucky to have such a great husband and son!
This isn't the sweet part. Dominick fell asleep during that last feeding and since Nick was sleeping I let them both sleep for a little bit before waking Nick up and heading upstairs to our bedrooms. When I did wake him up, Dominick woke up and wanted to finish that last ounce in his bottle. So Nick went to bed while I finished feeding Dom and put him to bed.
Ok that wasn't the sweet part either. I'm getting to it now! After I put Dominick to bed I went into our room to get ready for bed. When I finally climbed into bed I thought Nick was sleeping. He wasn't. He asked me for a good night kiss. After I gave him a kiss he told me "thank you". I was confused. I said, "for what?". He told me, for everything. He told me that he knows it's hard work all day with a 6 week old (Yes Dom is 6 weeks old today!) and lately when he's come home he's been too tired to do much so I've literally been taking care of Dom almost alone all day long. He told me that I am a great mommy and he thinks I am doing a great job. It made me want to cry! I don't mind taking care of him all day and night by myself. I know that Nick is working right now and working very very hard for us. I want him to hold Dom when he gets home but I don't want him to feel like he has to do everything just because I had him all day.
That small bit of appreciation last night made me realize how great our relationship is and how perfect our family is now with Dominick in it.
I'm so lucky to have such a great husband and son!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Just Because
I was reading a friend's blog and I realized that I haven't blogged in a long time! So here's a quick post.
Not too much is new. We are still adjusting every day. I think that Dominick has his days and nights confused. During the day he can go for 3-5 hours in between feedings. But at night, he is wanting to eat every 2 hours. This makes things hard for me. Nick is working and I am not so we have the deal that I get up with him during the week so Nick can get as much sleep as possible and he gets up on the weekends (I try to help though since if I didn't, he'd never get to sleep in).
I don't know if feeding him more frequently during the day would help, or if Dom is really just craving attention and interaction. Today my goal is to try and feed him every 3 hours on the dot and not let him sleep longer and delay a feeding. Maybe then he'll start sleeping through the night?!
Another thing that is going on! I got a call yesterday from the company that did his newborn photos at the hospital. Apparently, with the package I bought I got a free 8 x 10 for when he's a month old. So they called yesterday and told me that they are coming by between 12:30-1:30 today to take the picture. They come to you since the baby is still so young. So yay! I get a professional picture for his one month. I'll have to go and buy some frames and start hanging pictures up around the house!
I think that's really all the news I have. I'll try to be better with posting. And I'll try to take more pictures too.
Not too much is new. We are still adjusting every day. I think that Dominick has his days and nights confused. During the day he can go for 3-5 hours in between feedings. But at night, he is wanting to eat every 2 hours. This makes things hard for me. Nick is working and I am not so we have the deal that I get up with him during the week so Nick can get as much sleep as possible and he gets up on the weekends (I try to help though since if I didn't, he'd never get to sleep in).
I don't know if feeding him more frequently during the day would help, or if Dom is really just craving attention and interaction. Today my goal is to try and feed him every 3 hours on the dot and not let him sleep longer and delay a feeding. Maybe then he'll start sleeping through the night?!
Another thing that is going on! I got a call yesterday from the company that did his newborn photos at the hospital. Apparently, with the package I bought I got a free 8 x 10 for when he's a month old. So they called yesterday and told me that they are coming by between 12:30-1:30 today to take the picture. They come to you since the baby is still so young. So yay! I get a professional picture for his one month. I'll have to go and buy some frames and start hanging pictures up around the house!
I think that's really all the news I have. I'll try to be better with posting. And I'll try to take more pictures too.
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