Addison Olivia was born Friday afternoon, and we were home by Saturday afternoon. We didn't announce the news to the world via Facebook until nearly midnight Saturday, as we wanted to just enjoy some personal family bonding time. My parents & little sister entertained Kyleigh & Josiah while we were at the hospital. Before my parents went back home Saturday evening, our dear friends the Wilkersons popped in to meet our little girl so we all hung out and visited for a few minutes.
Sunday was a beautiful day of just hanging out as a family of five, letting the kids get acquainted, and taking turns napping. Basically we just recuperated, though I totally felt 100%! After a pregnancy with such sickness, the intense back pain, and then baby resting on a nerve that prevented me from even walking without crying, I was thankful to have my basic abilities back and to enjoy playing with my kids and even enjoyed helping with housework again!
On Monday Kyleigh and I took Addison to her first pediatric checkup. Baby girl checked out perfectly well! Since I'm nursing her, of course she lost a few ounces of weight like all breastfed babies do, so we had a weight check scheduled for Wednesday.
Kyleigh got sick Monday after dinner, and ended up camped out on a pallet of blankets on the living room floor (so Josiah could sleep in their bedroom undisturbed by her yacking!). The vomiting continued Tuesday, so there was no trace of establishing a family routine...we were just surviving and trying to contain the illness to only one child. Kyleigh saw a doctor on Tuesday, was not dehydrated, but was also instructed not to eat/drink for hours as we waited out the severity of the virus. It was so hard to watch our child writhing in pain and feeling like we were doing nothing to help, but thankfully she woke the next day feeling like herself again (finally, after 2 long nights!) and was able to eat/drink again!
So on Wednesday Chris took Addison back to the pediatrician for her weight check...she was at the same weight as Monday, probably because my milk had just come in that week! She wasn't gaining, but wasn't losing either, so we were asked to do another weight check on Friday. Great...
Thursday was the day we were most excited and nervous about as a family--it was Chris's last day at home & because of the illness we'd not become as settled as we expected! Also, that morning we toured and enrolled Kyleigh in a preschool! So glad she was feeling better, as we all ventured out to see what was in store for our eldest daughter this Fall!
And on Friday I was flying solo as a mommy of 3 kids ages 3 and under! It was an interesting day as I balanced all feedings, diaper changes for 2, providing lunch, playing, and trying to maintain my sanity on very little sleep all week. Oh, and that weight check up for Addison...still the same, LOL, but she'll pack on the lbs soon enough! Chris also had a long day back to work, as he felt off rhythm and tired from our big week as well. But it was good that he worked that day, as our plan was for me to experiment on my own Friday, then have the weekend together to tweak our routine.
♥Over all, so far so good ♥
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