5 Weeks
So Keoni is now 5 weeks old! We had his one month celebration this past Sunday. It came and went and I'm glad it's over. It was mostly family and just a few close friends. We're planning to do something bigger for his 100 day celebration and invite more friends for that one... Keoni was a bit fussy when we first got to the restaurant, but once he fell asleep, he was out for the entire meal! It was great not to have to stress about him and he was such a good boy... 
So today was my first official day of flying solo. My mom left last night and I got rid of the nanny Wednesday so it's just he and I all day long. Let's just say today was very trying and exhausting! I got up at 6am after about 3 hrs of total sleep the entire night and the boy would not take a real nap until 3pm! It was definitely a LONG 9 hours... I would nurse him and when I thought he'd be sleeping he'd wake right up after a few minutes... I just kept at it since there was nothing else I could do. He would cry, scream, smile constantly and before I knew it, the hours had disappeared. I finally decided to nurse him lying down and that did the trick. He passed out while nursing and we both got a good 2 hrs of sleep. I kept waking up though for fear of rolling over on him. However, I was told that wouldn't happen since I'd wake up from the "lump" I'd be rolling over. A mom at my group this past week had mentioned she nursed lying down and that allowed her to get in some much needed sleep so I tried it out. The LC at the group said unless you've been drinking or did drugs or something then a mom would definitely wake up if she somehow rolled over onto the baby. She also showed us a position of lying down that would prevent us from rolling over on the baby without waking up. I think it may be a new position I try for nursing during certain times of the day or night. I was scared to try anything knew since what I've been doing has been working, but I'm glad I did. Freddie finally came home and took over and I felt such a sense of relief! I just feel so much better when he's home even if I'm watching Keoni. I know he's here and can help if needed. I hope this gets easier as the days and weeks go by. At least it's Friday tomorrow so it'll be the weekend! I wonder how next week will be since it'll be the first full week I'll be with Keoni alone. It's amazing that he'll scream and cry and it seems as though it'll never end and then all of a sudden he looks up at me and gives me this big smile. I guess it's moments like those that keeps me going and allows me to function with minimal sleep. The power he has over me is amazing!
So today was my first official day of flying solo. My mom left last night and I got rid of the nanny Wednesday so it's just he and I all day long. Let's just say today was very trying and exhausting! I got up at 6am after about 3 hrs of total sleep the entire night and the boy would not take a real nap until 3pm! It was definitely a LONG 9 hours... I would nurse him and when I thought he'd be sleeping he'd wake right up after a few minutes... I just kept at it since there was nothing else I could do. He would cry, scream, smile constantly and before I knew it, the hours had disappeared. I finally decided to nurse him lying down and that did the trick. He passed out while nursing and we both got a good 2 hrs of sleep. I kept waking up though for fear of rolling over on him. However, I was told that wouldn't happen since I'd wake up from the "lump" I'd be rolling over. A mom at my group this past week had mentioned she nursed lying down and that allowed her to get in some much needed sleep so I tried it out. The LC at the group said unless you've been drinking or did drugs or something then a mom would definitely wake up if she somehow rolled over onto the baby. She also showed us a position of lying down that would prevent us from rolling over on the baby without waking up. I think it may be a new position I try for nursing during certain times of the day or night. I was scared to try anything knew since what I've been doing has been working, but I'm glad I did. Freddie finally came home and took over and I felt such a sense of relief! I just feel so much better when he's home even if I'm watching Keoni. I know he's here and can help if needed. I hope this gets easier as the days and weeks go by. At least it's Friday tomorrow so it'll be the weekend! I wonder how next week will be since it'll be the first full week I'll be with Keoni alone. It's amazing that he'll scream and cry and it seems as though it'll never end and then all of a sudden he looks up at me and gives me this big smile. I guess it's moments like those that keeps me going and allows me to function with minimal sleep. The power he has over me is amazing!
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