Week one as a family of four has passed. Everyone survived!

Posted on Sep 08 in parenting, personal storiesby TalinaPrint

Yesterday marked the conclusion of Adalyn’s first week of life. We are back home and getting back to the family routine with Nathan back to work.

Adalyn is becoming more and more of a presence in the house as her newborn, likely jaundice induced sleepiness wears off. Just yesterday morning she grunted for a feed and then continued to grunt and carry on until I changed her soiled diaper. This is the first time she’s displayed irritation over a dirty diaper, ever.

It’s too funny, she grunts instead of crying out when she needs something. She’ll cry but only after much grunting has taken place first, or if she is genuinely freaked that she’s alone or genuinely in pain. It’s kind of odd since Everly was a good, loud crier. Now I wake to moans and grunts. Much more subtle and less anxiety inducing that the shrill newborn cry most parents know.

Everyone is doing well here. Actually I am the one with the most issues it seems. I am back to bed rest and really trying to take it easy. Not because of the trauma of the stitches or the birth it’s self… But because of my “slight bleed” during labor and the resulting bleeding and worry about my uterus going back to normal afterward.

I was feeling very good after birth and once we got home too… So good that I overdid things and am now paying the price in the form of bed rest for a bit. Nothing too serious, just need to keep my ass planted in bed or on another soft surface despite my boredom so that I can heal up and not backtrack like I have already done this week.

Poor Everly is probably quite sick of mommy always laying around. She is itching for some play time with friends but with the current one car situation and the fact that mommy and baby shouldn’t be out and about. Luckily her Grammy was around for several days to entertain her.

So all is well in the first week of this new life of ours as a family of four. We are super blessed and are very in love with both our girls (as you can probably tell).