I always tell people that there's not a lot that's fun about having a baby the first month or two, and at the risk of continuing to be negative, this baby was no exception. My milk came in before I left the hospital so I found myself tired, sore and engorged. A day after I got home I landed in the ER at midnight with a fever of 104 caused by mastitis (a breast infection). No matter what I do, I always tend to get one when I begin nursing and one when I end.
So I was exhausted, sore, sick, and my hormones were on a crazy roller coaster; trying to figure out which way I was going. NOT FUN. Thank goodness my mother was here, otherwise I don't know how I would have gotten the kids to school. It just wouldn't have happened.
I could go into more detail about how miserable that first week was (and at the time, that was my intention) but I really don't' see the point now. If you've had kids then you already know all the gory details and if you haven't had kids, you probably don't want to know.
So now it's been 9 weeks and I'm blissfully past my postpartum hell. Sadie is such an easy tempered mellow baby. I couldn't be happier! The kids look upon her with total adoration. Though I do have to bring up that for a good few weeks all three of the oldest had some behavioral issues at school. Luckily they seem to have worked those out now. They can't get enough of Sadie. She is the first one they must kiss when they wake up and the last when they go to bed. I'm always having to break up arguments about whose turn it is to hold her. The world now revolves around this cute little girl.
I suddenly find myself a mother of 5 and that is amazing............and I'm looking forward to a good nights sleep......as of now I'm getting 5 hours straight on most nights and that's great! I'm loving holding her and doting on her. The kids dress her up like she is the doll that she is and she gets constant attention. I have so many cute outfits for her that I'm lucky if she wears some of them once or twice before she outgrows them. She literally wore two outfits to the church Christmas party. Two loving people both gave her outfits for the party, so half way through, we gave her a change.
And life moves on......
So I was exhausted, sore, sick, and my hormones were on a crazy roller coaster; trying to figure out which way I was going. NOT FUN. Thank goodness my mother was here, otherwise I don't know how I would have gotten the kids to school. It just wouldn't have happened.
I could go into more detail about how miserable that first week was (and at the time, that was my intention) but I really don't' see the point now. If you've had kids then you already know all the gory details and if you haven't had kids, you probably don't want to know.
So now it's been 9 weeks and I'm blissfully past my postpartum hell. Sadie is such an easy tempered mellow baby. I couldn't be happier! The kids look upon her with total adoration. Though I do have to bring up that for a good few weeks all three of the oldest had some behavioral issues at school. Luckily they seem to have worked those out now. They can't get enough of Sadie. She is the first one they must kiss when they wake up and the last when they go to bed. I'm always having to break up arguments about whose turn it is to hold her. The world now revolves around this cute little girl.
I suddenly find myself a mother of 5 and that is amazing............and I'm looking forward to a good nights sleep......as of now I'm getting 5 hours straight on most nights and that's great! I'm loving holding her and doting on her. The kids dress her up like she is the doll that she is and she gets constant attention. I have so many cute outfits for her that I'm lucky if she wears some of them once or twice before she outgrows them. She literally wore two outfits to the church Christmas party. Two loving people both gave her outfits for the party, so half way through, we gave her a change.
And life moves on......