Long Overdue (oh, the irony!)

Posted By: Karen B. 1 Comments

Well, it's been 5.5 weeks since Finn made his appearance and it feels like 5 years and a week at the same time. I was really worried about him for the first few weeks on account of his jaundice and being early and the like. He recovered from that well with some formula feeding and some sun exposure. Then I was on antibiotics that and formula fed him some more. He was so sleepy early on. At week 2 my dad came into town. Then we all got sick. The fevers, the snotty noses, the hacking coughs. I was surprised that mine only lasted a couple of days. I was really worried about Finn for a few days when I was waking up every 30 minutes to suction out his nose. Well, okay, so I wasn't waking up, I was already awake. That lasted a few days but when I started to see improvement, I was happy. Two and a half weeks later, Ingrid finally was used to my dad enough to play with him, just in time for him to leave 4 days later. My dad got home with pneumonia.

Now my dad is gone, we all feel better, and the days have been lovely. we had 3 days of 70+ degree weather and even though today it's raining, it's supposed to be warm again. Ingrid and Finn are keeping me pretty busy and what little time I'm not busy with them, I'm either knitting or trying to sleep. I should just be trying to sleep.

I've given up on exclusively breastfeeding. He's just not satisfied with it and I get NO sleep. We're doing formula at night and a little in the day. Ingrid has been really funny about the breastfeeding stuff. Yesterday she found my hand breastpump and started trying to use it on herself. Then she used it as a trumpet. Then she wanted to put my breastpads on. I got some Lilypads, the reusable silicone shields that make you not leak milk all over.

When I got the lilypads, I also stocked up on some overdue items. I got Ingrid some larger shiurts and stretchy pants. She hates jeans. I also got Finn an infant and toddler rocking chair. he's currently in it having a bottle. I have also put him in the Baby Bjorn for shopping. it's nice to have options.

I got a chance to clean the living room a bit yesterday and feel less crazy about being in here. I put almost all of Ingrid's toys in her playroom, except books and a magnetic drawing pad. She still manages to make a mess, but not a complete disaster area. 

The natives are getting restless so I have to cut this short.