So I haven’t blogged in a while. I was actually trying to get the diary up as well as figuring out what it means to sleep again.
He’s two weeks old, so here are my top 10 favorite moments/ thoughts/ experiences so far (in no particular order):
1. Did you know we changed Leland’s middle name three times since he was born? At first we were decided on Jeremiah, and then we thought maybe that was too long. Then we came up with Jacob, but I guess it just didn’t ring well together. So we finally decided on Josiah, for no real particular reason.
2. Normally at Kaiser, Melissa’s supposed to share a room with another patient. With the help of her being an employee AND a few more of Melissa’s mom’s friends, we were able to have single occupancy in the room the entire length of stay. Just walking by other rooms that had two patients gave me the chills.
3. Melissa was up walking around 12 hours after her C-Section, and we left the hospital 52 hours after Leland was born. That’s a little over two days after major surgery. Not many women I know have done that. I said it before, and I’ll say it again, she’s a trooper.
4. Thank you to everyone that visited us at the hospital and after when we came home. We had a total of 37 visitors in the two days we were there. At one point, security was angry at us and called our room a couple of times… Big mistake. Melissa ended up answering the phone and just ripped him a new one. Don’t mess with the lady that just gave birth!
5. When having a newborn, there are definitely ups and downs. We’ve enjoyed every moment of it so far, but try following a pattern of a newborn. It doesn’t sound too hard: eat, sleep, crap… But try doing it at random times of the entire day, on 2-3 hours of sleep.
6. The wonder of car rides. Its like magic sleeping potion for kids. For some reason, they just love it so much, they fall asleep. We’ve taken him out to appointments three times so far, and he just sleeps the entire time- even after. Great stuff.
7. We had to go to the E.R. on St. Patty’s day (sorry to Benny and Pezzellen for having to end the party a little early). Leland has developed this wheeze, kind of like he has loogie stuck in his throat, only he doesn’t know how to clear it. Well, Melissa was concerned and called the advice nurse, who told her to go in to the E.R. Luckily, its pretty common with newborns and since he’s doing everything else completely fine, there’s no real extra precautions needed. Just a few saline drops in the nose and then suction.
8. I was about two minutes late for this one. On Leland’s second doctor visit (first with his Pediatrician), the tech had to do a rectal thermometer check. All exposed, right before he sticks the thermometer in, Leland decides to give everyone a golden shower (which he does about once every six diaper changes). After that’s all cleaned up, he goes in again and guess what Leland does? He craps everywhere! LOL! I can’t make this stuff up. And newborns don’t have hard BM’s… We’re talking the wet mustardy ones! LOL!
9. Colicky. If you don’t know what that means, look it up. It’s what Leland is. I know it has only been two weeks. It gets better after this. He’s had to go through learning how to feed, having a hard time breathing, and circumcision. Its already been a tough road for the kid. But man does he cry. He’s either hungry, sleepy, needs to be changed, or is bored. That’s right, bored. I tried to teach him how to play Call of Duty, but even he doesn’t like that.
10. If I can sum up parenthood in one sentence- The best feeling in the world. Most newborns just sleep a lot. Some don’t even open their eyes for a while. Leland has personality already. Just check out this picture I snapped on St. Patty’s day. We ended up printing it on Easter Cards, hopefully you got one. Yeah, he’s smiling. At 10 days old. FRIGGIN’ AWESOME!
He’s two weeks old, so here are my top 10 favorite moments/ thoughts/ experiences so far (in no particular order):
1. Did you know we changed Leland’s middle name three times since he was born? At first we were decided on Jeremiah, and then we thought maybe that was too long. Then we came up with Jacob, but I guess it just didn’t ring well together. So we finally decided on Josiah, for no real particular reason.
2. Normally at Kaiser, Melissa’s supposed to share a room with another patient. With the help of her being an employee AND a few more of Melissa’s mom’s friends, we were able to have single occupancy in the room the entire length of stay. Just walking by other rooms that had two patients gave me the chills.
3. Melissa was up walking around 12 hours after her C-Section, and we left the hospital 52 hours after Leland was born. That’s a little over two days after major surgery. Not many women I know have done that. I said it before, and I’ll say it again, she’s a trooper.
4. Thank you to everyone that visited us at the hospital and after when we came home. We had a total of 37 visitors in the two days we were there. At one point, security was angry at us and called our room a couple of times… Big mistake. Melissa ended up answering the phone and just ripped him a new one. Don’t mess with the lady that just gave birth!
5. When having a newborn, there are definitely ups and downs. We’ve enjoyed every moment of it so far, but try following a pattern of a newborn. It doesn’t sound too hard: eat, sleep, crap… But try doing it at random times of the entire day, on 2-3 hours of sleep.
6. The wonder of car rides. Its like magic sleeping potion for kids. For some reason, they just love it so much, they fall asleep. We’ve taken him out to appointments three times so far, and he just sleeps the entire time- even after. Great stuff.
7. We had to go to the E.R. on St. Patty’s day (sorry to Benny and Pezzellen for having to end the party a little early). Leland has developed this wheeze, kind of like he has loogie stuck in his throat, only he doesn’t know how to clear it. Well, Melissa was concerned and called the advice nurse, who told her to go in to the E.R. Luckily, its pretty common with newborns and since he’s doing everything else completely fine, there’s no real extra precautions needed. Just a few saline drops in the nose and then suction.
8. I was about two minutes late for this one. On Leland’s second doctor visit (first with his Pediatrician), the tech had to do a rectal thermometer check. All exposed, right before he sticks the thermometer in, Leland decides to give everyone a golden shower (which he does about once every six diaper changes). After that’s all cleaned up, he goes in again and guess what Leland does? He craps everywhere! LOL! I can’t make this stuff up. And newborns don’t have hard BM’s… We’re talking the wet mustardy ones! LOL!
9. Colicky. If you don’t know what that means, look it up. It’s what Leland is. I know it has only been two weeks. It gets better after this. He’s had to go through learning how to feed, having a hard time breathing, and circumcision. Its already been a tough road for the kid. But man does he cry. He’s either hungry, sleepy, needs to be changed, or is bored. That’s right, bored. I tried to teach him how to play Call of Duty, but even he doesn’t like that.
10. If I can sum up parenthood in one sentence- The best feeling in the world. Most newborns just sleep a lot. Some don’t even open their eyes for a while. Leland has personality already. Just check out this picture I snapped on St. Patty’s day. We ended up printing it on Easter Cards, hopefully you got one. Yeah, he’s smiling. At 10 days old. FRIGGIN’ AWESOME!
