The Newborn Phase

I have no problem admitting that I am not a big lover of the newborn phase. If I could skip the first three months, I would love it. I can very clearly remember when Sydney was 6 weeks old standing at the front door with my inlaws & saying "I don't care if she sleeps more, I just want her to be happy when she is awake". Well, my wish did come true eventually because Sydney did grow into a very happy little girl- who by the way never did become a big daytime sleeper. I also remember that I thought things did start to get progressively better after 6 weeks.

Well, on Sunday night I said to Brad...tomorrow marks the point when things get better & the halfway mark for when they are much better. Well, I am not sure if Jason heard me & thought "I'll show you!". But yesterday was a very long day for me. Mr. Jason is a baby who appears to want a lot of daytime sleep (unlike his sister), but he has conditions on how he wants to get this sleep. That condition is for Mommy to hold him. Try as I might yesterday to put him down, it only resulted in him screaming- not crying, screaming. Therefore, from 9am to 3pm I had him in my arms for the whole time with the exception of maybe a half hour here & there. It was a very long day for Mommy.

Thankfully today has been much better (although the sleep he is getting is in the carseat & not his crib). He was not pleased with me this morning when I yanked him out of bed to go to my doctor's appointment. I had planned on just leaving him as is & putting him in the carseat to go rather than changing him, but a certain aroma advised me that was not a good idea. So he got woken up this morning, changed out of his clothes, & then put in a carseat.

Although it was nice to see my one obstetrician (Dr. Smith) again, my appointment this morning was rather useless. The histology of my placenta gave them no further indication of why we had the complications during Jason's labour. Therefore there was really no new information from today. Unfortunately I did not see my OB (Dr. Meuller) that delivered Jason, but did learn that upon Dr. Smith's return from holidays Dr. Meuller told her that "You won't believe what Kelly did to me!" As if I had any control of what happened. Dr. Meuller states that I gave her a very big scare & took years off her life. Although I am sorry that I caused her that stress, I am happy that I was at Mac and in very capable hands. So thank you Dr. Meuller for taking such good care of me & bringing me through it all!

This is where he has slept this afternoon. Although I would prefer it to be his crib, this is much better than him being in my arms all day. I love to hold you Little Man, but not while you are sleeping & I could be doing some other things!!!