Who would’ve thought having a baby takes up so much time. Okay, so you know I’m kidding about that. Even the 15 to 20 minutes I wanted to set aside to write out the window when T came home. I am posting this blog entry so my mind to be a little fuzzy about T’s first week.
Wednesday of this week was not much different than Monday and Tuesday. I got up I went to the hospital I saw the baby and M, I stayed all day and came home. The only differences by Wednesday I realized that taking the train was not fun in the morning. I decided the expense of the car service was worth it for my mental health, so I took car service to the hospital.
Thursday my dad picked me up and we went to the hospital to pick up M in the baby. I was happy to find out that the car seat and base that we bought did not take very long at all to set up in my dad’s car. I ended up leaving the base in the car since MC and I will use that car periodically anyway so it made sense to just have one there.
When we got the hospital M was feeding T. She went quickly to sleep, and other than some drama getting wheelchair to get out of the hospital the trip home was uneventful. Just the way we wanted it.
We had the postpartum doula that we hired come over Thursday afternoon after we got home. We were going to wait till Friday but we decided her over the day we came home. She was extremely helpful in getting the babies room finished and transitioning us into being at home with her. We had her back again on Monday.
Friday M had to make an unexpected trip to her doctor. That left me alone with T for the first time. Generally she behaved very well, but did not want to go to sleep. My dad came over to spend some time with me and T while M was out. He was also unsuccessful in getting her to sleep.
Saturday and Sunday are pretty much a blur and really not sure what happened to write about specifics. Monday we went to the pediatrician for the first time. T had gained 2 ounces since birth and was doing great. The doctor was pleased, so so were we.