Dylan Week 2

We came home from the hospital on Dec 22nd and were not sure about what we would like to do for Christmas plans, etc.  We stayed at home on the 23rd and decided that we would really like to get out and try to do some of our normal Christmas plans since we had been cooped up in the hospital for he past week. 

One of my first times in my bassinet

We didn't go to Lowry's w/Betsey and family on Christmas Eve as usual since we didn't want Dylan exposed to large crowds yet and I was not feeling like being exposed to large crowds yet either!  So we did some gifts at Betsey's before they went to dinner.  Betsey's twin sister Barbara and her son Rob got to hold Dylan, as did Grandpa Bob again.

Christmas day we went to Gary & Debra's and then to my parents' house.  It was a long day and Dylan and I were pooped.  I actually cried that night because I was so exhausted. The day after Christmas, we went to my parents' house again for the Lewis family Christmas.  Everyone oohed and ahhed over Dylan.  He took a nice long nap on Uncle Bubba's chest on the recliner...a nice baby tradition we have all taken part in at some point in our lives! 

 

Christmas Outfit!

We then went back over to Betsey's to finish up gifts since she wasn't home earlier.  I was so exhausted and overwhelmed that I kinda broke down again.  Ryan is such an amazing husband and took care of everything so that we could make a polite exit and get us home to rest up some more.



This week I had a myriad of emotions and cried a lot!  Guilt, fear, anxiety, excitement, joy, and many others showed up at unexpected times.  I started feeling bad about the lack of energy I had to give to Ryan at the end of the day since I was using up all my energy to care for Dylan.  I didn't feel like that was fair.  But Ryan was very selfless during that time and was so helpful and understanding.

 During his second week of life Dylan really started to try to hold his head up.  He had done it some in the hospital, but was really set on trying some more.  He was still very expressive with his hands in his face constantly.  Even with his little nails (that I was still afraid to trim), he didn't scratch his face hardly any despite the hands in the face!

 

His umbilical cord was still on there pretty good.  We went to the pediatrician for Dylan's two week appointment and they treated it with some silver nitrate that helped the majority of it fall off that evening. The doctor said that Dylan was doing great and gave him an A+!  Said he was growing well and that our breastfeeding must be going well.  Dr. Straughn also told us that we didn't need to wake him up every 3 hours at night to feed anymore, that he could start sleeping longer through the night.  This was relieving for us! But Dylan still continued to wake up around 3 to 4 hours on his own anyway!  But 4 hours between feedings was a huge deal for me, as any additional time of consecutive sleep was a big help to my body.

We also had many people sign up on our Care Calendar that Amy set up for us and it was nice breaking up the baby-ness with some adult conversation.