Time is a bizarre animal. Mostly I feel like it crawls by, with my counting minutes: How many minutes has he been on this breast? On the other one? Asleep? Awake? Crying (it often feels like hours when it's only a few minutes)? How many hours in a row did I sleep? Maybe I should nap. Do I have time to leave the house? When does Hunter come home?
I've become a time monitor. So I know that's why it feels like it drags. My mom told me to stop watching the clock, and she's right. But I'm obsessed. So imagine my surprise when we awoke this morning and realized that Ryan turned four weeks old today.
A few days after birth
A few days ago
It's been a month, indeed, and I have survived. As has Hunter -- and most importantly, has Ryan. I think he's thriving, actually. He's gaining weight, and holding his head up for 20-30 seconds at a time, and he's started to sometimes make sounds other than crying.
He's a good night sleeper so far, going between three and four hours between the end of one meal and the beginning of the next. (Though I'm taking nothing for granted. I almost didn't write that for fear of jinxing it.) He's had several baths and seems to like them, except when I accidentally dribble water over his face while washing his hair.
He's still very much in the "fourth trimester" and needs to be held almost constantly during the day. For several days, that's been the only way he'll nap. So we accomodate him, and I watch a lot of TV. I have a baby sling that we've tried once, and it resulted in screaming, but we'll try again until he gets used to it. That way I can actually move around the house and do things, like dishes.
I can't wait!
3 comments:
Yay you! You made it through that hard first month and now it just gets better and better. Pretty soon he'll start smiling at you and that will make you melt. Enjoy all the cuddling he gives now because that goes away in about a month too and I miss that. I find that I keep missing the previous stages but totally love the current stage too. Enjoy every minute!
Sending lots of hugs and sloppy Sophie kisses.
I am glad to hear you are creeping back to some sort of "normal" life--I'm not sure that life so much gets back to normal or if we just get used to the new routines as parents... Keep taking those pictures--he is just TOO CUTE!
I just love his expressive eyes! He is so adorable.
Time is a silly little thing...it drags in some ways and flies by in others! Just try to cherish every moment as much as possible.
Have a great week.
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