So very very very tired!!
Our first night home with Kavi was very trying! He was constantly complaining, and was very hard to soothe. The biggest issue was the day bed thingy. He didn't much care for it, and would cry every time we put him in there after his feeding. But, he'd be just fine if we were holding him. On top of that, he'd spit up in there as well.
So we figured out that he needs to be on an incline, constantly. Of course, we realized that he needs an incline on Easter sunday, when everything was closed. So, after his feeds, we'd take turns literally holding him for 3 hours until his next feed! We needed to do this, because remember, he's still a preemie. If he expends too much energy crying and getting upset, he burns calories and loses weight. We need this boy to grow!
So, our ritual on Sunday was:
-Kavi sleeping in our arms.
-Kavi squirming around and grunting, letting us know he's hungry.
-All at once, we: get his milk ready, take his temperature, apply butt cream for his rash, put vasaline on a gauze for his circumcision, and change his dirty diapers!
-Then he gets fed.
-Then he gets burped.
-Then he sits up right in our arms for 30 minutes to make sure he won't spit (much) up.
REPEAT.
So the cycle is still the same today, except that now he can actually be sleeping in his day bed thingy, because it has an incline.
Well, there's more to write, but we have to leave for his first appointment with his pediatrician.
Oh, and I just wanted to say that Kruti (Nisha's youngest sister) being here was an ENORMOUS help!!!!
2 comments:
I can't help but smile... I was just there a year ago. (though you folks have the added pressure of a premie)
Family at these times is just AWESOME. Never underestimate 'em. For fun I'll send you a movie I made of myself LATE one night while taking care of Grace.
It's only like this for a (in retrospect) short period of time. Sounds crazy, but appreciate it for what it is!
Indeed! Literally, before you know it, Kavi will be running around, and growing up, and going to school. Time flies w/ kids. By the way, with a first kid, it's easy to go apesh!t spending $$$ on specialty kinds of items. You mentioned needing to raise Kavi to an incline but it was Easter and nothing was open. We had to do that w/ Claire in her crib. We just put a bed pillow under the mattress. A rolled up towel under the mattress would work for a smaller bed like a cradle. Of course, you never want something like a pillow near them when they sleep for fear of suffocation. That's why we stuck it underneath the mattress. Anyway... You got my digits and all my online contact. If you ever have a ? or need some helpful hints, feel free to hit me up!
L8r
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