sleep? what sleep??!

I love this picture, look at her cute little face! :)



I am happy to report that there are THREE people living at our house now! :) Halleluyah! As of Monday afternoon, Hayden was officially discharged from the hospital. I have to admit, as John and I were driving off we felt a little as if we had stolen a child and we were going to get in trouble. We had to keep reminding ourselves that she is, indeed, ours and that no one was after us. Although I did see John sneaking a lot of looks in the rearview mirror! :)

We are all doing well, although it is still a whirlwind. Her 2nd day here saw a visit from a Home Nurse who stopped by to weigh her, check her vitals and answer the long list of questions I had -- mostly about burping, breastfeeding, not eating enough, should she sleep on an incline??, yeah, it was a long list!). Then, today we headed out for our first outing together to see her new pediatrician, who we really liked. I also had a long list (a NEW long list) of questions for her too.

This afternoon John and I did her first nose suctioning out with that horrendous bulb thing. It was necessary and she was much happier after, but ugh... poor thing!



I am realizing that every two hours involves a whole new cycle of 1) trying to breast feed, then 2) feeding her, and trying to burp her (she is not a good burper, John and I will spend 30-45 min trying -- any advice?), then 3) me breast pumping for 30 min. then cleaning all the apparatus, 4) putting Hayden down to sleep 5) trying like mad to get just a couple of things done and 6) starting all over again.

I finally took a shower for the first time in 3 days this afternoon.... YIPPPEEEE!!

Love her! Yay for Hayden!