We left the hospital with Simon on Sunday evening and life has been a whirlwind since. Part of me can't belive it is only Tuesday. How can we have had this little guy only for four days? And how could we only have had a day and a half just the three of us! It feels like he is just so much a part of our family, he has to have been here longer. And at the same time, he is so new and tiny and we still are figuring out how to make him happy.
Yesterday we had our first outing. We had been home for about 16 hours when we needed to take Simon to the doctor to check his weight. He lost some weight right after birth (which is normal) and was 6 pounds when we brought him home - so tiny! Even though weight loss is normal, the doctors like making sure he starts moving in the right direction pretty quickly and that he keeps growing for the first few weeks. The appointments are called 'well baby' visits. Of course my son knows how to eat and had gained half an ounce in the less than 24 hours since he was weighed in. So we are completely good in that realm and the doctor doesn't want to see him again until Friday!
The only issue with the outing was that we were not 100% prepared for the visit. The doctor's office is a 3 minute drive; so we fed him, changed him and took him with an extra blanket. What import item did we forget on our first trip out? Diapers. As soon as I sat down with Simon in the waiting room to quiz him on family history and Alan went to park the car, Simon reminded me of our missing supply. When Alan came back we decided to wait a bit and check out the diaper when we were alone in the room. If it was bad, he'd run back home (closer than the store!) and get a couple diapers. We needn't have worried since the nurse told us they have wipes and diapers. Whew.
Nothing else eventful happened while we were out. And since then it has been lots of sleeping and a whole lot of eating. Well, lots of both for Simon. Alan and I are still trying to figure things out, but are getting better every day. We don't have Internet access in our new apartment yet, so no pictures. But that will happen soon and I've been taking lots of them!
Also, he was 19 inches at birth and still 19 inches as o his appointment yesterday. Long little guy!
ReplyDeleteOh, Amy C. gave me this tip, and I thought it was a great idea -- it's served me well enough to pass it on, anyway. Hold his hands and head and feet in your hands, so you've got some reference points. Burn that memory of how he measures up into your brain! Amy advised that so I'd have some help later on, when I struggled to remember how tiny he really was, and she was so right. It somehow only gets harder to believe.
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