We're all pooped. All of us except Jacob that is.
The little guy skipped a couple sleep cycles making Kelli's shift watching him a challenge. We reintroduced the breast today and he did pretty good. Still I don't think he got a ton of food so Kelli made the smart call to give him a bottle around 11:30 and now he seems to be resting.
He made some real progress today towards getting back to breastfeeding and mommy gets all the credit. Gonna stick with bottles tonight to make things easy.
Today involved a little doctor's trip for Kelli and she had some splitting headaches. She's ok, they just wanted to check her out. Doc said she needs food and sleep....no small task about now on the sleep part. While at the doctor, Aunt Rachel and Uncle Matt came down to take care of Jacob so daddy could focus on taking care of mommy.
Aunt Cari and the kids were going to come down but it was a rough morning. Jacob will meet his big cousins soon.
I say again, Rachel is a natural, and Matt's pretty good with a kid too. Not only did they take care of him but Rachel folded the laundry, did the dishes and even made our bed. Can't thank them enough.
Later Uncle Scott and Aunt Lynne came by and bought us dinner and brought us some snacks that are already being much appreciated.
We love having company folks. It reminds us the outside world is still there, and I think it distracts us from the stress of parenting. Feel free to visit, just call first.
As for us, the hormones and stress still get to Kelli and the stress still gets to me. Right now, for example, I'm gripped by unreasonable terror. Jacob's sound asleep for the moment, but every time he moves I feel like I want to throw up....not sure why I'm such a spaz lately, but its sure not fun.
Got to hold him as he fell asleep tonight though, and that made up for it a bit.
What I'd really like is for someone good with him to stay the night sometime, and let us get just one night of uninterupted sleep. We haven't shared the same bed since Jacob came home and that's a little stressful for a couple like us that was attached at the hip.
Anyway. Gonna wrap this blog up now. Say a prayer that he sleeps for a few hours, and another that I don't go insane. We appreciate all the support and Lord knows we need it.
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