Sandy’s Blog

It seems like yesterday I just brought David home from the hospital. Well, actually it seems like yesterday I found out I was pregnant which will be a year at the end of the month. It is hard to believe. David has brought so much joy to our lives. Yes, there are days where it has been frustrating as he hasn’t been the easiest baby. He has been quite challenging with his fussiness and being colicky, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I just can’t get over how much he has grown and how much he is absorbing. Lately he has become interested in his feet. He loves playing with his feet and now getting interested in his toys. He is starting to make a lot more cooing sounds and trying to move a lot more and roll over. I guess we better start babyproofing the house soon.

Aside from the fussiness, I have to say he has been a great sleeper. He started sleeping 5 hours a night at 5 weeks old. The past two weeks he has been sleeping through the night. 8/9 hours of sleep a night. However, this week he has been getting up again. I think it’s due to a growth spurt as he has been so hungry this week I can’t seem to feed him enough. I know he won’t always sleep through the night but I am thankful for the days he does. I am hoping once he goes through this growth spurt he will go back to the 8 hour stretches. Mommy and daddy really appreciate it.

Over the weekend we took David downtown Indy for the Women’s Big Ten Tournament. They had a pep rally for the Ohio State Women’s team at Champps and David got his pictures with Brutus and the Buckeye cheerleaders. David did awesome. He loved watching the cheerleaders and wasn’t scared of the noise. I think it is because we have his Brutus mobile at home and he recongnized the music. We then headed to the Home and Garden show at Lucas Oil Stadium. We ended the day going to the Women’s game. David did really well however he did start to get fussy during the game. Although the game started at 8pm and he normally goes to bed at 9 so I wasn’t too surprised.

We also went out for the first time Friday night without him and left him with a sitter. We went to the the Women’s game Friday with some friends. She said he was kind of fussy but that is expected with someone new. She is our regular sitter that watches him during the day so I am sure eventually he will get used to her and love for her to watch him.

Well, it sounds like he is starting to get fussy so I better end here before I have a screaming baby. He sure lets us know when he needs something. That is for sure. He has a great set of lungs.

I know it’s been ages since I last blogged and David will be 2 months old on February 5 and it is around the corner but I have been pretty busy the past 6 weeks as you can imagine.

David was born on December 5, 2009. I had a pretty good pregnancy and labor and delivery. I was induced on December 4 but the drugs didn’t start working until the morning of December 5th. I went into labor around 1:30 am and he was born at 6:42 am. The weird thing was I never felt a contraction. I started getting severe leg pain around 11:00pm on December 4. The nurse checked me and I was starting to dialate. It was so bad they finally gave me drugs to ease the pain. I was loopy and don’t remember a whole lot. About 3 hours later I got the epidural. I remember feeling pressure but I was never in any pain. When I tell women my story they are shocked I never felt an actual contraction and the monitor never really picked it up either. I was in the hospital until Monday, December 7th and that was the day we came home.

Our first few days at home were challenging to say the least. My milk hadn’t come in and we had a very hungry baby who did nothing but scream the first night. It tested our patience a lot and I know if I was younger and not ready for this I don’t know how I would have handled it. But, we got through it. The next day my milk came in but then breastfeeding was a challenge until we went to see the pediatrician a week later. She showed me some tips and it is has been going well ever since. I still pump though so Jason can feed him when I am not around or if I want to take a break.

Life has been changed so much but in a good way. David cries a lot. We don’t know if he is colicky or just a fussy baby. But he has been a challenge, especially in the evenings. He wants to be held all the time and attended to. It is hard to get stuff done around the house when he wants to be held a lot. But, I am sure he will outgrow it eventually and start smiling, moving around more and it will be all worth it.

However, the one good thing was ever since last Wednesday when daddy was in Texas on business, David has been sleeping 5 and 6 hours at night. It makes mommy and daddy very happy. He turned 6 weeks old on Saturday so I can’t complain. I guess if he is going to be fussy in the evenings I will take him sleeping that long at night so I am able to get some rest. I will be very helpful too when I go back to work in two weeks.

I am looking forward to going back to work but then again I am not too. I wish I could just spend time with my baby all day and not have to work. But I know we need the money and need me to work. I hope eventually one day I can just stay at home and not have to work. I do feel fortunate though that I am working at home and we don’t have to put him into daycare and we just have to hire a sitter for a few hours to watch him. It is a lot less expensive than having to put him into daycare.

I must say these past 6 weeks have been a whirlwind but they have been great too. I remember before I had him I was wondering how I would take care of him since I never had any little babies around to watch. I never changed a diaper or fed a baby. But, that motherly instinct kicked right in after I had him and I even surprised myself.

I promise to keep this blog updated more as David goes through more milestones and I can’t wait to see life in the months ahead. All the things I have had to change in my life and things I have to give up are totally worth it.