Ethan is fussy

Well actually, he's not exactly fussy, just acting a little under the weather I think. He's got some congestion and a little bit of a runny nose, so we're going to set up the humidifier tonight in the bedroom. Andrew has the day off tomorrow so I'm excited that we get to see each other for more than like 4 hours in the day. My incision is starting to feel a lot better and the bleeding is doing pretty good. I got my 4 week follow up scheduled. Ethan is doing so well other than the congestion. He is eating almost 5 ounces a feeding.

I'm feeling almost completely healed at this point. Just occasional pain. I'm hoping that by next week I can sleep on my stomach. Ethan is doing great (even though breastfeeding didn't work out). I am now officially pumping full time so he's only had a bit of formula. He eats SO much, right now about 5 ounces a feeding every 4 hours. His circumcision is healed, his cord has fallen off, and he is back to his birth weight (probably more now). Pediatrician loved him, said he looked great and was extremely long. He has now officially held his head up (numerous times!) and rolled over, more than once. I'm wondering how my 11 day old baby is doing this "grown up" stuff. He's already in size 1 diapers, he was peeing out of the other ones. He had a horrible diaper rash, but Andrew and I got some awesome organic stuff to use and it cleared it up almost immediately! I'll post pictures soon. Until then...

Our first night home

Ethan did so well during night and day of taking pretty good naps at the hospital. He also had some problems with nursing and so I've been pumping trying to get him full enough that we can start again. Last night I was up for an hour and a half trying to figure out what was wrong with him. Turns out he was hungry (he'd just eaten an hour before). So we feed him and he slept for almost 4 hours. Then we feed him again (much more this time) and he was fussy again for a long time, tried swaddling, pacifer, rocking, walking, shushing, everything...no luck. It was less than an hour since he ate and he was hungry AGAIN! Andrew is convinced he has a tape worm. I'm pretty sure he's just a growing hungry boy. Hopefully we get some more rest and have a less grumpy baby! :)

5 days or less!

We are less than a week from the c-section date for little Ethan. I'm hoping he'll come on his own before then, but it seems less than likely. This weekend we are going to keep to ourselves and try to do some stuff that is "just us" before Ethan gets here. I'm so excited for him to be here, but I also know that life is going to change and so a "just us" weekend is going to be important. I'm hoping I don't have the c-section for several reasons, but one is definitely that I want to be home more days while Andrew is off work. I may see if I can talk him into still working while I'm in the hospital so that he can take time off work while Ethan is actually at home! I'll be updating this regularly and adding pictures for friends and family to see!