We did it!
Somehow the three of us have made it to the other side of D's first week of life.
Night one was by far the hardest. We hit a few unexpected road bumps. Our breast pump was broken, so Daddy had to b-line it to the shops before closing time for a new one. D was fed a lot of formula in hospital and was still getting the hang of breast feeding until last night really. So a breast pump was absolutely necessary. We didn't have our breast feeding/bottle feeding tools and sanitisation plans in place. We simply didn't plan on any bottle feeding, big mistake. Expect the unexpected with a newborn. Nothing will go perfectly. We had food in the freezer, but thought "oh no, we'll have time to cook something". NO!!! Our dinner came around 10pm, oh well. Thankfully, I had prepared lactation cookies ahead of time and we had plenty of apples/other snackies.
Each night has slowly, but surely improved. Probably getting 1-2 hours extra of broken sleep. D does phenomenal during the day. He feeds and sleeps with absolutely no troubles. Night time is a bit trickier. He likes to feed a bit more like every 1-2 hours. Which doesn't leave much time to sleep for breast feeing Mummy.
Today we forged a plan. We have him taking naps in his bassinet, instead of downstairs with us and lots of noise. We've downloaded whale noises and we'll sleep with a night light on tonight. He'll let us know if this cuts the mustard.
MILESTONES:
-First night at home!
-Several smiles and one precious giggle while dreaming following a feed on night 4.
-No more nipple shields and regular feeds from Mummy.
-Spewed/pissed/shat on Daddy in a 5 minute span.
-Spewed on Mummy hours later.
-Several wee's in the free air.
-First bath at home was precious on night 4.
-First walk on day 1 at home.
-First family outing on day 4.
-Two family walks on day 5.
-Daddy showed me how to hoop on day 6.
-Day 7 first tummy time!
-First proper full feed on day 7!
-Umbilical cord fell off!
-Umbilical cord fell off!
First walk!
First family outing for coffee at the beach.
First time hooping with Dad and pep talks for his chances in the Olympics 2036 .
Milk moustache.
Aloha! Mummy & Daddy were married in Hawaii.
This pillow was a gift from Daddy to Mummy.
Day 7. Oh what a week. Duncan later wee'd all over this outfit.
Soooo many pictures. Our next child (if/when) is going to hate us.
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