As I said in my last post, I spent the night up here at the hospital with Madalyn. Now Maddikins has been a sleepy baby since she was born... I've never seen her stay awake for longer than 10 minutes at a time. Wellll, she's waking up. Last night, she woke up at 3 different times bawling. She cried once while Jay was here watching her while I took a shower, then twice in the middle of the night. One of those times, she actually squalled for over an hour. It's hard having a little one in an incubator since when she cries your only option is to check her diaper or offer a head pat or paci. I wasn't able to hold her to me to console her, rock her, or offer her my breast like I could with Annelise. I'll be so happy when she's able to stay out of that thing. I just stood there with her with my hand inside petting her hair until she fell back asleep.
She lost a tiny bit of weight at her morning weigh-in. I expected it with all the crying she'd done. Her nurse says she still expects her to only have to stay another week if all stays well. I'm going to go home today and just stay there (unless my mother or her husband offer a ride back for a few hours - in which case I'll definitely accept). I have no more clean clothes that won't rub on my c-section incision.and I also need to start getting things situated for when Maddy does come home. I want to get her outfits washed and put away, her diapers and wipes in a convenient place, etc. I need some normal time with Annelise as well. Her staying in the hospital with me isn't the same as when we'd spend time at home. It'll also do me some good to get some real rest in my own bed. I wanna be almost completely healed before Maddy comes home.
She lost a tiny bit of weight at her morning weigh-in. I expected it with all the crying she'd done. Her nurse says she still expects her to only have to stay another week if all stays well. I'm going to go home today and just stay there (unless my mother or her husband offer a ride back for a few hours - in which case I'll definitely accept). I have no more clean clothes that won't rub on my c-section incision.and I also need to start getting things situated for when Maddy does come home. I want to get her outfits washed and put away, her diapers and wipes in a convenient place, etc. I need some normal time with Annelise as well. Her staying in the hospital with me isn't the same as when we'd spend time at home. It'll also do me some good to get some real rest in my own bed. I wanna be almost completely healed before Maddy comes home.