It's only day 5 with my new little man, but in many ways it feels like he always been part of the family. An unintended side effect of the home birth is that we really bonded and acclimated much faster than we would have if these first few days had been broken up between hospital and home time. It's great because we've quickly settled into a routine, but it's also a little dangerous because it's easy to forget how new everything is. I'm tempted to do too much around the house and not take it quite as easy as I should.
Owen's a pretty chill dude though. He eats and sleeps and doesn't fuss much otherwise. Breastfeeding is still not coming easily to us, but it's better than with Spencer. Overall, the perspective of already done this once makes it all easier to take things in stride and not overreact with worry when things are going quite as expected.
Isn't he a cutie?
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!
Beyond cute!
ADORACUTE!
(Yes, so cute he gets his own new word.)
I hope you will take it easy and remember that you need to rest -- you are a superhero for bringing that precious babe into the world!
Enjoy him and your family -- I am so happy for you!
Posted by: becky | June 24, 2009 at 04:26 PM
Yay! He is adorable.
Posted by: Amy | June 25, 2009 at 11:05 PM