Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
WEEK 3: HOME ALONE
The third week was my first week at home alone with Reagan. I have to say, things went really smooth. The days go by so fast...I don't know where the time goes. I had a lot of visitors & nice dinners prepared by friends. It will be a shock to have to cook dinner again beginning next week. I was also able to get Reagan out for some walks in her nice jogging stroller. The forecast for this week is for temperatures in the low 80s, so I should be able to get her out for walks regularly. On the down side, I did come down with mastitis. I woke up feeling like I had the flu on Friday & when I went to take my shower, I noticed the redness & soreness on my left side. I knew right away what I had. The doctor's office called in an antibiotic & I was feeling better within 24 hours. My folks came down to visit for the weekend & we had a nice time & some good food. My mom & I went to Crandall's shower at Kathy's house on Saturday which was really nice.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
WEEK 2: AUNT ASHLEY VISITS
My mom went home on Sunday, 4/5 & came back the next day to spend most of the week with us. Again, having her here to help me while Eric was at work was invaluable. It really made my days easy. She would watch Reagan if I needed to run an errand or would run the errands for me.
On Thursday, my mom went back up to her house. Eric had to go out of town that day, so I went on up to my parents' house, too. Ashley arrived the next day & had a great time spoiling Reagan with cuddling...neither Ash or my mom wanted to put Reagan down. That evening, a major storm system moved in & our area was under tornado watches & warnings all night long. Poor Eric was driving back from western Tennessee & had to go right through the worst of the weather. Thank goodness he made is safely to my parents' house. Saturday, Reagan had lots of visitors come over including Maryanne Yeary, the Mitchells, Fuzzy & Charlene, Delores & Lee Blumentritt. That evening, my mom & sister watched Reagan while Eric & I went out for a nice dinner at La Strada together. It was nice for just the two of us to have some time together.
Sunday was Easter & Ashley had to go back to Chapel Hill. The rest of us packed up & headed to Lynnda & Steve Eagle's house for Easter dinner. The spread of food was awesome & it was great to see the Eagles. When I was changing Reagan before we left for our house, I knocked her umbilical cord & it just about fell off. She wailed, of course, as I imagine it hurt. I put the cord back as best I could I figured it would fall all the way off when it was ready. That happened two days later. Great second week...here are some photos.
On Thursday, my mom went back up to her house. Eric had to go out of town that day, so I went on up to my parents' house, too. Ashley arrived the next day & had a great time spoiling Reagan with cuddling...neither Ash or my mom wanted to put Reagan down. That evening, a major storm system moved in & our area was under tornado watches & warnings all night long. Poor Eric was driving back from western Tennessee & had to go right through the worst of the weather. Thank goodness he made is safely to my parents' house. Saturday, Reagan had lots of visitors come over including Maryanne Yeary, the Mitchells, Fuzzy & Charlene, Delores & Lee Blumentritt. That evening, my mom & sister watched Reagan while Eric & I went out for a nice dinner at La Strada together. It was nice for just the two of us to have some time together.
Sunday was Easter & Ashley had to go back to Chapel Hill. The rest of us packed up & headed to Lynnda & Steve Eagle's house for Easter dinner. The spread of food was awesome & it was great to see the Eagles. When I was changing Reagan before we left for our house, I knocked her umbilical cord & it just about fell off. She wailed, of course, as I imagine it hurt. I put the cord back as best I could I figured it would fall all the way off when it was ready. That happened two days later. Great second week...here are some photos.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
REAGAN'S FIRST WEEK
Giving birth to Reagan was the easy part. The first couple of nights recovery-wise for me, were the hardest part of the entire pregnancy. I have a lot of respect for the nurses that work with post-partem mothers. I was completely helpless & they (along with Eric) helped me with the most basic of functions.
Reagan slept awesome the first night in the hospital. I let her go 4 hours between feedings (at the direction of the labor & delivery nurse), & she slept the whole time. The breast feeding went surprisingly well. Aside from some difficulties latching on at times, we both really took to it. Even though Reagan slept, Eric & I didn't. I couldn't take my eyes off her because I wanted to make sure she was breathing & there was so much activity with the nurses in & out of the room that sleep was not an option.
The next day we had several visitors...my mom, sister, dad, in-laws, sister- and brother-in-law & Aunt Becky. Eric had an early meeting on Thursday morning, so we decided that he could use a good night sleep & that my mom would spend the night with Reagan & I in the hospital. Well, no one got any sleep. There were storms all night & our dogs were feaking out at the house, so no sleep for Eric. Reagan was up the entire night, so no sleep there, either. However, my mom & I spent a lot of time looking at Reagan & laughing at all her funny facial expressions.
Finally on Thursday in the afternoon, we left the hospital & got back to the relaxing atmosphere of our home. When I walked in the house, I saw that Eric had taken the time to get a beautiful bouquet of flowers & a cute balloon. The combination of hormones & Eric's thoughtfullness made me cry. Not for long, but I was definitely touched & emotional. Our dogs were very excited to see us & were great with Reagan. They smelled her & then pretty much ignored her after that. Raleigh reacted the way I thought she would...just did her own thing. Zoe surprised me. She is usually very high-strung but she has been a lot more calm with Reagan in the house.
Jessi, my sister-in-law, called that afternoon & offered to bring us dinner. The Mexican soup she brought over was so good & it was great to not have to worry about cooking on the first night home. My mom stayed with us (& would be with us for the next week) which was great. We couldn't have made it through that fist week without her. Here are some photos from Reagan's first week of life.
Reagan slept awesome the first night in the hospital. I let her go 4 hours between feedings (at the direction of the labor & delivery nurse), & she slept the whole time. The breast feeding went surprisingly well. Aside from some difficulties latching on at times, we both really took to it. Even though Reagan slept, Eric & I didn't. I couldn't take my eyes off her because I wanted to make sure she was breathing & there was so much activity with the nurses in & out of the room that sleep was not an option.
The next day we had several visitors...my mom, sister, dad, in-laws, sister- and brother-in-law & Aunt Becky. Eric had an early meeting on Thursday morning, so we decided that he could use a good night sleep & that my mom would spend the night with Reagan & I in the hospital. Well, no one got any sleep. There were storms all night & our dogs were feaking out at the house, so no sleep for Eric. Reagan was up the entire night, so no sleep there, either. However, my mom & I spent a lot of time looking at Reagan & laughing at all her funny facial expressions.
Finally on Thursday in the afternoon, we left the hospital & got back to the relaxing atmosphere of our home. When I walked in the house, I saw that Eric had taken the time to get a beautiful bouquet of flowers & a cute balloon. The combination of hormones & Eric's thoughtfullness made me cry. Not for long, but I was definitely touched & emotional. Our dogs were very excited to see us & were great with Reagan. They smelled her & then pretty much ignored her after that. Raleigh reacted the way I thought she would...just did her own thing. Zoe surprised me. She is usually very high-strung but she has been a lot more calm with Reagan in the house.
Jessi, my sister-in-law, called that afternoon & offered to bring us dinner. The Mexican soup she brought over was so good & it was great to not have to worry about cooking on the first night home. My mom stayed with us (& would be with us for the next week) which was great. We couldn't have made it through that fist week without her. Here are some photos from Reagan's first week of life.
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