One Week Old

Monday evening marked Jason's 1 week anniversary for being in this world. In that week he has lost weight & gained weight back again & at the pace he is on, he should return to his birth weight by the end of this week.

I think that he figures his entrance into this world was traumatic enough, because he has been a very good newborn. I dreaded the newborn phase based on my previous experience, but Jason really doesn't cry that much & when he does you can generally figure it out. The past couple of nights he has given us a bit of trouble getting him to bed after one of his feedings, but one challenge per day seems pretty good to me right now. Mom goes home this weekend, so I am sure that next week may seem different when I don't have someone to hand him off to if I want to go grab a nap. However I do know that I am not a person that functions well with minimal sleep, so for the sanity of my entire family I will try to sleep when the baby sleeps on the days that I am feeling a little run down.

Having a baby & a toddler in the house does create some new challenges. Sydney is starting to show the effects of this new transition & requires a little more patience from us. This morning Jason woke up for a feeding at 6am & I "ran" (keep in mind term is relative right now) to get to Jason as fast as I could so that Sydney would not wake up, but I was not successful. I could hear her in her room saying, "Baby Jason crying" & then wanted out about 5 minutes later. Daddy tried to get her to lie with him for awhile, but she was up for the day & really seems tired today. Hopefully she has a good nap at daycare this afternoon or we will definitely be handling her delicately tonight. Getting her out the door this morning involved a few tears & it really is pulling at my heart strings. Today Mom & I are going to pick her up at daycare & take Jason with us, so hopefully she likes to show all the little kids her new baby brother.

Yesterday I saw a nurse practitioner (who I did not much care for) for Jason's weight check & there is only one thing that she said that I liked & want to believe. She said that the wonderful thing about Sydney being so young is that her memory is short. Three months from now, she won't even remember a time that Jason was not here.

Check out the waterskis that this kid has for feet!!!