Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Our little Boss...

So he finally arrived on Thanksgiving about 5pm. My brother says that we were both popping turkeys out of the oven at the same time. He was 10 pounds, 4oz. and 22.5 inches long. All went well with the pushing only 37 minutes...although it was a whole different story with the labor part. I will not go into the whole long 2 day story, but in short, I had to have three different epidurals because they were not working and some local (toes to torsoe) sort of old school style epidural, that lasted only 2 hours. I did not get much relief and pretty much felt like it was by default natural childbirth. Not fun...until he finally came.

We call him Boss, short for Boston around here these days because that is what he is...the boss!
It has been the hardest adjustment of my life and I never knew how real sleep deprivation is. But I have to admit, I was an emotional mess for the first three days, partly because my milk was not coming in....now 6 days later, milk still not here, but is showing signs (finally have some colustrum) of arriving soon. Little Boston got jaundice and so we had to get the bili-blanket and have him wear it for two days...he is much better now and he finally got to eat with some formula.

I am adapting a little better everyday to the less sleep factor, we are all sleeping a little longer and better due to him having some food in him now. Ben has been amazing and very much a team player in our little family. He may not have the mothering instinct that I do, but he loves to bond with Boston and is the bottle making, diaper changing pro around here :) Thank you honey!

Here are a few pics for my friends that have not seen him yet...I am sure there will be plenty more coming soon.






8 comments:

Jen said...

I just LOVE the second picture with Ben holding him. How sweet. And I love how jaundice babies look tan :) You are doing so good. Hang in there super MOM!

Rachel said...

You are so right about a newborn being the boss! I hope you're finding a routine that gives YOU some down time. Love you guys!

Heidi said...

YEAH!!!!! Thanks for posting pictures, I was DYING waiting. Let me know of you need help, I'm sure there are PLENTY of us ladies that would love to hold him while you sleep and think milky thoughts. Great job!

Megan said...

Congrats again! Sorry to hear about your sleep deprivation (which most of us moms go through ) and short milk supply. At least at 10 lbs you don't have to worry too much about him starving too much like I did for my 5 pounders. That's awesome that your hubby is helping out.

Torey said...

Oh my gosh, he is so cute! OK - my totally unsolicited advice (for what it's worth): (1) it's OK to cry, it's OK to cry a lot; (2) it's OK to bottle feed (I have some serious opinions about this one becaus I had trouble breastfeeding) and; (3) it gets better.

Rebecca said...

He's a beautiful baby! I guess that's the perk of a big baby. They just look so much healthier!

Good luck on getting sleep. It is so hard to get any solid sleep even if Boston will sleep. You just want to keep checking on him.

autumn said...

ohh i just want to snuggle him! i don't know that it gets easier exactly so much as you just get used to living off of 1 or 2 hours of sleep at a time :) enjoy it while it lasts!

GLASFAM4EVER said...

I love that he was your too perfect to eat Thanksgiving Day TURKEY!!!
I told everyone about him!!!!