What I have learned in the 2 weeks that Tommy has been alive:
1) The baby blues are really rough on me. The changes that have taken place as well as the hormonal imbalance have been enough to really throw me. It's getting better but the cloud I was living in was a very scary place.
2) I have the best husband ever. If it wasn't for him, I don't know where I'd be.
3) A close second place tie goes to my parents and grandmother. They have been here every day whenever I need them.
4) Newborns have no schedule. Some nights Tommy will sleep and some nights he won't. We had two sleepless nights in a row this weekend and he was awake pretty much all day yesterday. Luckily, last night was a great night. He only woke up long enough to eat every 3 hours from 8-5. I'm working on keeping him awake as much as possible today to hopefully recreate that tonight.
5) My whole life is different now but that's ok. I'll get used to it. Change is very hard for me but I will be okay. This will be the most amazing thing to ever happen to me, once I get my hormones under control and can start to live my life a little bit more. I look forward to being able to take him more places. We've gone out to eat and to the grocery store, the three of us, but I haven't taken him anywhere myself yet. Of course, I haven't been able to drive until today so that's part of it. I go back to the doctor on Wednesday so I will definitely be taking him somewhere myself by then. I'm thinking about attempting a trip to Target or something tomorrow though, just to give it a try.
I am venturing to the post office by myself today with Triston. We will see how this goes. I a super nervous.
ReplyDeleteThe baby blues will pass. The more sleep you get and the more you can relax it will help. I thought I would never overcome it but I notices the more I slept the better I felt. Even if that means your mom comes over to watch Tommy while you take a nap.