Rose is now 1 week old. In some ways the time has flown by, but in other ways it seems like ages ago that we were in the hospital. Since we have been home we have done our best to adjust. Mike has spent a lot of time with Paige taking her on errands and playing with her, so that she is busy while I am busy with Rose.
Paige has been very helpful grabbing diapers and filling up the diaper stacker. She loves anything to do with peeing and pooping in the diaper. When Rose cries Paige asks if she has pooped in her diaper. And if she has, she always wants to see it. She thinks the whole thing is hilarious. And when Mike pulled the "diaper snake", as we call it, out of the dipaer genie, she was elated. So far she hasn't regressed to any baby-like behaviour as other parents have warned me about. She did have an accident at the park yesterday, which was due to not going before we left. It was my fault though, I should have pushed her more to go before we left. It was our first trip out of the house as a family and I was excited and busy with getting the stroller ready, and making sure Rose was all set. It was Paige's first accident out of the house and she was very upset, and said "We have to go home!". While Mike took her back I waited at the park with Rose who proceeded to have a poo explosion and then be inconsolable. We had to go home too, and met Mike and Paige as they were leaving the house. It's hard to remember what to do with 2 kids!
We took Rose to her first doctor's appointment on Wednesday. She was weighed as 7lbs 8oz. so she has put on almost all of the weight she would have lost. Her head circumference was 35.5cm. Everything looked good. We go again next week for another check up. Paige completely missed the visit as she fell asleep in the car and continued to sleep at the doctors office. She still doesn't believe that we went. When she first fell asleep in the car Rose started to cry hysterically. Paige opened her eyes with a somewhat disgusted look over at Rose and then closed her eyes again and curled in for a nice sleep--and we've been worried that Paige will wake up in the night when her sister cries...ya right.
Paige hasn't shown too many signs of jealousy, although if she has a choice between parents when it comes to doing something she will pick me. I think because she has been spending a lot of time with Mike, she just wants to see me when she can. I have been putting her to bed for the past week which really helps her a lot. Mike has always done this so she thinks it is very special. Paige and Rose and I were outside with the sidewalk chalk, when Rose started to cry in her bouncy chair. I had to pick her up and at that moment Paige asked if I could draw something with the chalk. I think she is testing the limits to see if I will put Rose down, or how I will handle the situation.
Luckily our nights have been fairly good. She has been waking 2 times to eat in the night, with her 3rd "night time" feed being after I wake up in the morning. Basically she continues to sleep after 7:30 till about 10:00 or so. I know it is still the early days, but this has been the basic pattern so far. It has been really nice having Mike off for help in the night. When Rose wakes up I generally have to go to the bathroom pronto as well as change my sweat infused shirt (I have been having night sweats like I did with Paige and losing water weight in the night!). While I do this, Mike goes and gets her and changes her diaper and passes her to me in the rocking chair to feed her. Nice to have a spare set of hands. I'll obviously do all of this myself when he goes back to work, but for now we work as a team in the night!
Rose certainly likes to eat frequently, and I have been feeding her on demand rather than trying to stick to a schedule. I think this is best for her, and what should be done with babies at this age. She is very content when she is allowed to eat on command. The only problem is that if she has a long awake stretch she will ask to eat quite frequently. So far the breastfeeding is way easier this time around as I had more patience for her and I to learn together. So I don't mind the frequent feedings. I have a baby sling that I am eager to use so I can carry her around a bit more and distract her from eating. The only trouble is the sling is too small and I need to exchange it. I think it will be a great tool to use when I bring Paige to classes and go outside, etc.
Anyway, that is a few highlights from her first week! Pictures to follow later. Grandma Val arrives tomorrow for her second week!
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