First week home

We've been adjusting to life with a baby. The first week home has flown by. Ryleigh had her first doctor appointment on Oct. 30. She's perfect. Lost a little weight and was down to 7lbs, 4oz (left hospital 2 days before at 7lbs 8oz). The doctor didn't seem to be too concerned. Then we had an appointment with the lactation consultant. Getting her to latch properly has been an issue, causing me tons of soreness. It's slowly getting better.

Initially, her days and nights were totally backwards. The first 2 days home were rough. She fussed and screamed and was wide awake those first 2 nights. We're also having problems getting her to lay on her back. She hates it! On the floor, in the crib, in the cradle... when we put her down sound asleep she wakes up within 5 minutes screaming. We've discovered we can get her to sleep up to 4 hours swaddled in the swing, so for now we've given in to just putting her in there at night. We're still working on the cradle. Hopefully in the next week or so.

In the past day or two we've noticed she has periods of awake where she is so alert. Yesterday she really didn't nap for longer than an hour at a time all day, and just sat in her swing and bouncer looking around.

Even though we're tired and some days grouchy, every day we're amazed by her and marvel at how precious she is (especially when she's asleep).

Now on to some pictures...

From Ryleigh Grace

From Ryleigh Grace

From Ryleigh Grace

From Ryleigh Grace