Wow, last night was so much better than the night before, I can hardly believe it. Nate ate at 11:30 and then not again until 3:30 and then again at 7:30. That’s almost like, what…only one middle of the night feeding?! The only trouble is, I kept expecting him to wake up and start wailing any minute, so I didn’t sleep very soundly. I did, however, sleep enough that today I had enough energy to take him out of the house with me for most of the afternoon!
This week has been really great, in spite of the sleeping and growth spurt difficulties. We did lots of new things together, and I really do feel like my confidence with Nate has grown in leaps and bounds.
To recap our first week alone together, while Graham is working:
Monday I bathed Nate by myself for the first time. (Small victories, remember?)
Tuesday I took him out of the house in the car by myself for the first time. We visited our friends the next town over. Nate doesn’t know it yet, but we’ve arranged a marriage between he and Sophie already. She’s seven months older than he is, but that’s okay. Men like older women, don’t they?
Wednesday we went for a drive out to Port Perry to buy the parts for the Medela pump that Mimi sent me (still cannot thank her enough) and took Nate to meet my Gramma, his great-Gramma. For awhile my Gramma’s health wasn’t very good and I was afraid that she wouldn’t be here to meet him after he was born. Seeing her hold him in her arms was one of the great joys I’ve experienced in my life. I’m so happy she’s here to see me become a mother.
Thursday was, well, a sleep recovery day. All day jammies for everyone!
Today I took Nate with me to have lunch with a friend who had her baby boy just ten days after Nate was born. They’re BFFs already. After lunch we went to the mall and Nate was so good, I was so proud of him. He let me wheel him all over that damn mall. I breastfed him both at the restaurant and on a bench in the mall as the rush of Christmas shoppers whizzed by.
This may be the gingerbread latte talking but I feel so much more confident with Nathan tonight than I have since he was born.
I can DO THIS.
I am doing it.
We are doing it together.
Great job momma! I still have days where I have to say those last three lines to myself and out baby days are long past.
Dude, you can so do this. You ARE doing it, as you say, and you will get more and more confident as time goes on.
Awesome. It's awesome. And it gets easier and easier and better and better.
Glad to hear you guys had a good day!! Week anyway
You're a natural!
It only gets better and much more rewarding!!! Of course you can do it!!
Good for you! That's amazing that you're already getting into a good stride with everything! And I'm two years older than my husband, so I think 7 months will be fine.
Glad I've found a parenting slogan that I can stick to for years to come!
The confidence really does help me get through each day. When I feel unsure about another something new, I just remind myself of all the new things I've done in the last few weeks!
Oh goodness, I hope you're right.
I love this post <3
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