First of all, happy 3 months to my baby!!!
Month 1: a blur
It was -35C the day we left the hospital to bring baby home. It took me 2 weeks to walk normally, but I am also wimpy. The third week we spent a miserable 48hours in the hospital. I cried on the phone to my hubby b/c I was so exhausted from never sleeping more than 1-2hours at a time.
Thank God for my mom who slept with the baby and brought him over for night time feeds and made me food at ridiculous times like 3am everyday: green onion cake and steamed eggs were my snack of choice. The baby ate and pooped a lot, and loves his baths I discovered.
Month 2: waiting for a smile
The second month was a little better. I started to enjoy the baby more. I waited anxiously for him to smile while I poured over developmental charts and read baby books on things I probably already knew. He did smile and now he won't stop! So awesome. He still ate a lot, but pooped less, and still loves bath time!
Month 3: sleep, why art thou so elusive?
So it is true, things get easier with time. I have time to do a little laundry, watch a little TV, be on facebook a lot. Sleep is the theme this month. Again, my amazing mom would hold him for hours at a time so he could sleep (his favorite place to sleep is in her arms), until I realized this won't do for much longer. Sleep training has been very trying. At times, I wonder if I'm being a little crazy, fueled by western books that say they need to fall asleep on their own and sleep through the night or else it'll be a nightmare. Maybe I should relax a bit. But then this inconsistent approach isn't helping him to sleep or me and my mom to get any r&r. So there are good and bad days, but I'm going to celebrate the small victories and when it's bad, to remember those small victories. He can go almost 7hours between feeds at night now (note: does not equal me sleeping 7hours). The next step: me learning to take naps when he takes naps, more story & tummy time. Oh, and he makes all kinds of talking noises at us, but sometimes just at the curtains. Cuteness all around!
4 comments:
i love how he talks to the curtain! that's awesome. I can't wait to babysit him for ya :) Motherhood is indeed trying but has so many blessings in it as well :) don't be too hard on yourself!
xx
Your mum is sooo wonderful..:) You will be a wonderful mum too!:) So proud of you, Mona..:)
Glad you're enjoying motherhood! There are definitely good days and bad days....sleep problems are probably the most frustrating!!! But you know what? Enjoy it because when they're 10 yrs old, they'll want to sleep on their own, in their own room and won't want to be bothered by you.
It will soon pass.
Hope you're enjoying having Stephen close by!
Sharon
Enjoyed reading your post! Mona, keep it up!!! You're amazing, just like your mom!
I soooo want to meet Noah!!!
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