Skye's 1st week home

#666666; line-height: 160%; font-family: Tahoma”>It doesn't feel like an entire week has gone by since Skye arrived. It actually feels like this time around is going much more smoothly. Although, we have found ourselves just staring at Skye all the time, which is exactly what we did with Aidan as well.

#666666; line-height: 160%; font-family: Tahoma”>Last night was our first night putting Skye down… literally. She was so dissatisfied with the bassinet that she cried over two hours in protest. But, we held strong and knew it was the best way to go. Taking turns holding her throughout the day and night just wasn't practical, as Luke and others tried to convince me of several times. I'm crossing my fingers hoping tonight goes much more smoothly. At least Aidan will be sleeping over at my folk's house, so he won't be affected by the noise. Skye also had her first outing today and did pretty good. In retrospect, it took us three weeks to leave the house with Aidan.

#666666; line-height: 160%; font-family: Tahoma”>My mom has supplied food for us every day, which has been a huge help. With Aidan, I remember living off of soy yogurt and turkey sandwiches for weeks. Granted, that's probably how I lost so much weight. I've still got 36 pounds left to go this time around! As a side note, my 2009 resolutions haven't officially started yet!

#666666; line-height: 160%; font-family: Tahoma”>I'd have to say the only difficulty this week has been breastfeeding. Skye has an insatiable appetite, which doesn't seem to go well with sore and cracked breasts. Also, the fact that I'm carrying around two cantaloupes that even a porn star would be jealous of is disturbing in itself. But, I do remember similar difficulty with Aidan and the whole process did seem to be less painful and go more smoothly as the weeks passed. So, I'm going to stick with it as long as possible. A 6% reduced chance of getting Crohn's, among other benefits, make it worthwhile to try.

#666666; line-height: 160%; font-family: Tahoma”>Oh, Skye's first doctor's visit was pretty eventful. Not only was I persuaded to breast feed in front of the doctor and nurse, Skye also sprayed poo across the room as we were changing her and getting ready to leave. The doctor had given us a heads up that breast fed babies can shoot poo quite a distance, but who knew?

#666666; line-height: 160%; font-family: Tahoma”>As for Aidan, he's been such a trooper so far. The kid hasn't asked us to send Skye back once, or even made one negative comment. He's kept himself entertained with Legos and has been really understanding with us having to dedicate some extra TLC to the Skye situation until things get into a smoother groove. We sometimes give him a hard time, but he is such a good kid. I'm so proud of him! And, Luke has been a real trooper as well. He only had to deal with one minor breakdown on my part and has been totally accommodating. In fact, he's gotten me Starbucks every morning and has gotten up to take Aidan to school without a single complaint. I really am going to miss having him around next week when he has to go back to work.

So, as we enter week two of life as a mid-sized family, I'm optimistic that things will go just as smoothly as they have this week. And, I just couldn't feel more fortunate knowing that I've ended up with such an awesome crew!