Small Miracles

Well, our baby girl is now 10 days old. I can't believe it was only last week at this time that we had spent our first night at home. A few things I have learned in this week are that no matter how many books you read, you are never prepared completely for baby's schedule, which doesn't always work with yours. They don't perform just like the book said they would and the author leaves out the part where it takes baby a month in order to learn her new schedule. I have learned that tv doesn't compare to the hours of entertainment that your child provides and how you can never get enough sugar. Their skin is so incredibly soft and completely precious. Sleep is a commodity that is lost and you do continue to go on without it-however much more emotionally charged. I am so glad that we have our daughter here and I can see her and check on her. I have had teary days and happy days. Mostly the teary days come behind the little sleep nights. But, we have had lots of excellent help in the grandmothers. They have been our saving grace! They have come and stayed during the day and night and it has been great to be able to feed her and hand her off to someone else and even if she cries at least there is someone else who will see to her for a little while and I can go to sleep. Eric has also blossomed as a father-he has given baths, changed diapers, changed clothes, and put to bed- it would be impossible to be a parent without a partner- I have no idea how single moms do it. He is a wonderful father and I am a very lucky woman to be blessed with such a helpful partner. We also had a miracles last night. We fed her at 10:00 and put her down after that and she slept 5 whole hours and woke up at 3:00 to feed again and she then slept until 7:30 this morning when we woke her up. So, if you don't count the feeding time, we slept for 6 whole hours! In the land of baby this is unprecedented good news. I feel like a normal human this morning and it is amazing how sleep can transform your emotional state! She is now having some wake time in her bouncy seat. So if you tally all our small miracles together- long restful night, grandmothers, husbands, healthy baby, we are a very blessed couple indeed.