The Dust Settles

We came home from the hospital on Sunday around 4pm and had a rather tumultuous start. Dinner time grew frantic with both boys melting down, crying, and Ben clinging to my leg, head in my lap, sobbing "mommy, mooommmyyyy". Being that I JUST had a baby, I was an emotional wreck and started sobbing myself. Daddy, Grammy Pat, and Grampa Jim sprung into action and tried to soothe the boys. All calmed down until bedtime. Grammy Pat and Grampa Jim had to leave which sent Cal into a shrieking fit after having them here all weekend. I was crying again from all the stress and Cal sobbed in his bed for a whole half hour which then led Ben to cry in his crib and mommy to break down and cry in her room too. But the boys finally quieted down and went to sleep, daddy went off to frantically get the house in order, and mommy buckled down for the long night ahead. Long it was! Seth didn't like the switch from warm, cozy, quiet hospital to this weird place called home and barely slept at all. He'd only pooped once in the hospital and his system was apparently working overtime because he pooped FIVE times the first night we were home - no wonder he couldn't sleep. I had my first "Oh my god, I'm NEVER going to sleep" moment that we all have in those first delusional sleep-deprived days. But since I've done this before, I KNEW that wasn't really true. I just had to power through, sleep WAS at the end of the tunnel, right?!?

True to form days 3-8 have progressively gotten better. They boys are used to mommy being back at home now and realize baby Seth is here to stay! Seth is nicely transitioning his day/night wake and sleep schedule to sleep more at night and less during the day. After that first night at home I've gotten at least 6 hours of sleep per night (not all at once) and last night got a wonderful 7 hours in 3 hour and 4 hour blocks. LOVE IT!

My skinny, scrawny little man. Look at the chicken leg!

He's by far my littlest. Although Cal and Seth has the same birth weight - 6lb 11oz - Seth dropped down to 6lbs 1oz by 3 days old. I'm pretty sure Cal did not.

Ben enjoying his brother!