Riley is 1 week old today. This past week has flown by! This time last week I was just getting to my room while my sweet little man was getting all cleaned up with this bath in the nursery. Our first days at home have been very eventful with lots and lots of company. Mommy and Daddy are exhausted from it all and the phone calls. We know how loved he is, but were very appreciative for yesterday's peace and quite. Jeremy had to go back to work today so we took advantage of just a day with the three of us. Of course, Riley slept most of the day!
We've mastered the task of getting him to eat a full meal at one time. His appetite is growing. Two ounces no longer contain him until his next feeding, so we have increased to 2.5 ounces. He is becoming a little piglet! He is so sweet though, he will hold his hand up to my fingers when I am feeding him or just try to put them on the bottle. It is so cute!! On Thursday, he had his first bath at home and continues to hate being naked or having his diaper changed. It's so funny to me because Jeremy rarely wears a shirt if the weather is warm.
I was an emotional case yesterday fearing my first day home alone with Riley. Just the thought of Jeremy going to work today made me cry. We've made it just fine this morning! We do miss him though and can't wait to see him this afternoon. I cannot express how great he is. If I ever doubted his devotion to me or that he wouldn't help with Riley, I was so wrong.
Riley has been in his crib for 3 nights and has slept until around 4 in the morning without waking up. Jeremy gets up every time to help me change the diaper and feed. This morning was difficult for him. He kept saying he didn't want to do to work and I realized how lucky I am to get to stay home with Riley. Jeremy assured me that Riley and I would be okay. He said that he knew it because of how great Riley and I did during his delivery. Just that remark made me feel so brave about today. It is just going to take me time to get used to it all.
Riley has fought naps and sleep since yesterday. I hope this doesn't last long. After breakfast this morning he just kept crying and crying. It took me after a diaper change and making sure he was full and was burped enough to realize he was just sleepy. Trying to explain to a one week old that Mommy is learning is not very easy. But he finally dozed off to sleep. I've talked to Jeremy twice today and sent him a ton of I Miss You Daddy! pics on his phone...I just can't help myself.
Tomorrow we're going to start working on a schedule for Mr. Riley now that we know he has an appetite and will sleep alone in his crib. We didn't want to have too many task going on for Riley at a time. We go to his first doctor visit on the 21st and anticipate things will go well. After the visit to the doctor, we've planned to surprise Daddy at work with lunch!
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