Daddy in complete awe of me!
The morning after....Look at me, I'm home with my mommy and daddy!
Asleep again...
(I typed this right after the first night, but it has taken awhile to publish! :)Our first night with baby Kekoa was filled with lots of laughter, amazement, a breakdown (me of course), and just bliss. After not having Kekoa for so long, neither Scott and I are going to complain about anything of the craziness of the first night home with your newborn baby. Of course there isn't going to be any sleep going on, but that is all good because he is home with us. Kekoa is just so darn cute. He also likes to snort, so cute, so cute, so cute.
I am officially a cow now. My milk came in with a vengence in a about a day and half. My mom has been making me Chinese soups that definitely bring in your milk. The nurses couldn't believe I had that much so soon. It was a relief, because then Kekoa only had to have a little bit of formula while in the Special Care Nursery. All I am doing is pumping and feeding, pumping and feeding. Kekoa learned how to nurse last night!!! It is so amazing, considering just in the morning, in the Special Care Nursery he was having a hard time feeding with a bottle. He got a late start feeding too, since he was in there so soon after birth. On Friday night the lactation consultant had said he was a confused sucker and now he is nursing! He is a warrior, like the meaning of his name.
Just overnight his cheeks have filled in and he has changed so much. Scott is the most amazing husband and dad. We are such a great team and could not have made it through the night without each other's help. He would change diapers while I would pump between feedings. He would wash bottles and get my next set of pumping ready, while I was nursing Kekoa. He is like my boxing trainer, bringing me my water cup while I'm nursing or pumping with a straw, so I can be hydrated. Sometimes we would have to supplement with a bottle because he screams when he is hungry. Kekoa goes from Mr. Cutest Baby on the Planet to screaming bloody murder in 0.1 seconds. He can't get the milk in fast enough. We would give him a little in a bottle to satisfy him so I could try and get him on the breast, or he would just be too upset. At one point, I was giving him a little of the bottle and he grabbed my wrist with both hands and pulled my hand closer. It was so funny. Throughout the course of the night, he got better and better at nursing. We did get through "the first night" and look forward to our first day home with our new little man, Kekoa Kai Hanson.
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