The first 7 days!

We have officially survived the first week of Nathan's young life! I am tired, but feeling pretty good overall. My recovery has been really good - I was able to rest a lot the first week, and every day I feel like I can take on more. We took Nathan out for the first time on Sunday - went to Swiss Chalet for supper. He slept the whole time - a successful first outing! I took him to Lynsey's dance class yesterday and he didn't like the van ride so much. As soon as we would stop at a red light he would start screaming. I'm hoping he's okay on the highway, as we are heading off to Edmonton tomorrow morning for a few days. The trim painters are coming to spray lacquer on the trim in the basement, and we've been advised to leave the house for a few days.

I took all three kids out alone this morning for the first time! We met my friend Katie at Joso's play place. It went really well! The kids played and had fun, and Nathan slept and ate mostly. He also had his first poop explosion - always a memorable event:).

So far, I have been able to observe that Nathan will probably not be a so-called "angel baby". He has cried quite a lot in his young life, especially during the night unfortunately. For the first day or so, as mentioned in my last post, he struggled a lot with mucus in his lungs, causing lots of discontent. After clearing out the mucus, my milk came in and I think his tummy had some trouble adjusting to the milk or something - he seemed to have some gas issues. We've had some good nights and some bad nights, but we're learning what works with him and what doesn't. He does not want to sleep alone in his playpen at night, so we have the most success when we put him in our bed. He needs to be held upright a lot, indicating to me that he has some tummy issues. He's not the fussiest baby ever, so hopefully he will get used to being in this world and settle down a bit. When he gets angry, he gets REALLY angry - his cry is super urgent. Definitely crossing my fingers that he will calm down soon, especially at night! He has had a few baths and loved them both - I think the poor guy misses the womb a lot!

Adam and Lynsey seem to be adjusting pretty well. Adam is just going about his business and hasn't really made any changes since the baby came. He shows fleeting interest in him, but for the most part just ignores him. Lynsey loves him, as we predicted she would, and wants to hold him all the time. She has been suffering the lingering effects of her stomach flu and been a bit difficult this last week - very tired and whiny a lot of the time. I think she is finally completely over it and hopefully her behaviour will get back to normal.