Nursing: Cash latched
right on when we first tried to nurse at the birthing center. It was so amazing
how he just knew exactly what to do! The first two days I nursed him as often
as he wanted but I made sure it was at least every 2 hours. I really wanted to
do everything that I could to help my milk come in. Saturday night around 8:30
my breasts were rock hard and hurt so badly! I had no idea what was going on so
I texted my friend, Monika, and she told me that I probably had a let down and
needed to nurse. Thank goodness for the advice from my nursing mommy friends! I
nursed him and felt some relief! My nipples were soar for the first 3-4 days
but I just kept applying some Mother Love nipple cream after nursing and
powered through! Now they don’t hurt and I feel like we have this nursing thing
down! I absolutely love nursing our little man.
Cloth
Diapering: We used Grovia bio soaker disposable liners for the 3 days of
meconium poops and then switched to the organic cotton workhorse newborn diapers with the Disana wool covers. I am so glad that I bought the newborn
diapers since Cash is too small for the one-size diapers. The wool covers are
really big on him but they work if I fold the waist down.
We had a very funny cloth diapering moment this week when my mom
offered to wash our first load of dirty cloth diapers. Somehow my mom accidentally threw one of the disposable bio soaker liners in with the cloth
diapers and it got washed right along with them. Needless to say it exploded
and made a huge mess in the washer! She had to use a shop vac to get everything
out of the washer. We were laughing so hard we almost cried…it was like a scene
out of a movie.
Sleep: Nick and I
hardly slept the first night because we were so worried that Cash would stop
breathing or something would happen. The second night was really rough because
I was trying to wake him every 2 hours to nurse and he was so hard to wake up.
It took me an hour to wake him to nurse and then almost 2 hours to get him back
down and by that point I needed to nurse him again! I don’t think I slept more
than an hour combined! After that I decided to go 3 hours between night time
nursing sessions and it was way better! I also stopped trying to make Cash
sleep on his back after the second night. He sleeps way better tummy to tummy
on my chest. I decided follow my body and my baby’s lead instead of trying to follow
everything that you read. Cash loves to sleep sideways on my chest with his
bottom up in the air-just the way he always was positioned in my belly!
Likes /Dislikes: Cash loves
any and all skin-to-skin contact. Nick and I take our shirts off as much as
possible and strip him down to his diaper and just hold him against our chests.
Cash is such a good baby and really never cries with the exception of diaper
change time. He gets super fussy and cries until we are finished “torturing”
him.
Activities: We have been
snuggled up in the house and haven’t left once! Nick and I have been so
incredibly blessed with amazing support from both our families! Nick’s sister,
Shanna, even flew over for Cash’s birth! Nick’s parents and sister filled our refrigerator with tons of organic fruits and veggies for us and came out every
night to make us dinner. My mom has been helping out with laundry, changing
sheets and holding little Cash so I can take a bath. It has been so nice to have
a house full of family!
Our marriage counselors, Bill and Sue, came out to see Cash as
well. Sue is also a lactation specialist so she watched me nurse to make sure
Cash was latching properly.
Health: Our midwife
came out for our first home visit when Cash was 2 days old and he weighed 5
pounds and 13 ounces – only a slight weight loss from his birth. She came out
when he was 5 days old and Cash weighed 6 pounds and 1 ounce – back up to his
birth weight! His respiratory system checked out great and he never had any
jaundice. Our little man is super healthy and happy!
Cash’s cord fell off on Tuesday night and we were so excited! We
took his clothes off to change his diaper and the cord was stuck to his tummy
right next to his belly button! He has an adorable little “innie” belly button!
The only negative health issue is that Cash gets the hiccups
everyday. This really upsets daddy more than Cash though!
Best Moment: It is so
hard to pick a “best” moment when every single moment with our son is so amazing!
I love all the snuggle time that we are sharing and I love watching Nick hold
his son and cuddle and talk to him. I can’t even explain the feeling of
overwhelming love when I watch Nick bonding with his baby. Nick said he keeps
looking for an imperfection but he can’t find one because our little Cash is just so
perfect!
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