Day of Bonding

So I'm sure that I'm a bit biased  because he is my son after all, but I've got the cutest baby on the floor right now.  After much discussion with Shannon, we have come to the conclusion that Dade has my olive complexion, and not Clint's "pasty" white. LOL

Last night was a bit on the long side.  Poor guy refused to burp after his midnight bottle.  I tried and tried and he just would not give it up.  So about 2 or so he got really gassy and you could here it in his tummy.  He was not a happy little baby.  I was proud of myself, I stayed calm talking to him, trying to get him to calm down, and I finally found something that would get him to relax quickly.  I remembered reading that you can place you baby chest to chest with you, and it soothes them because they can hear your heart beat. So at about 3am or so, I had him lying on my chest and he instantly stopped crying and began to make this cute little cooing sounds.  When the nursery came to get him to take his blood at 4am, I had them keep him until I called when I woke up. I was able to get about 3 hours of sleep or so.

I called them at oh, 7:30 to have them bring him to my room, but they said that the peds were here.  I said okay and that I would like him as soon as possible.  So I ordered my breakfast and watched some news.  A little while later our Ped came in and said the he had spent some intimate time with Dade.  I instantly knew that meant Dade had been circumcised.   When they brought Dade back to me he was sound asleep.  Of course that's when the photographer came in and wanted to take his picture.  I told them I didn't want to wake him up because he had a procedure.  They said the understood and would come back tomorrow.

Dade is an absolute bundle of joy! He's so freaking good!  He didn't like have his diaper changed today, but you can understand why. Would you want someone messing around done there after having been circumcised.  We spent a lot of time bonding today. Rocking in the chair and just being mommy and baby. Clint is on baby detail right now, I'm exhausted, and slightly sore.  The nursery will be back at 2am to get Dade for a final round of blood work and labs, and then going to keep him so both of us can get a good nights rest before being discharged in the morning.

There's  a slight chance I might be kept for another day.  It just depends on my hemoglobin level.  I guess that it was low this morning.  I had to ask what that meant exactly.  I knew what the hemoglobins did, but wanted to know what that would cause a problem with discharge.  I guess because with a low hemoglobin count means less oxygen to your body. Less oxygen means you get slightly dizzy and weird times, and are tired more often.  Which the tired thing is hard to place with a low count because well, new baby means less sleep right. It's not that low that I would need a blood transfusion, but I might need to have a day on oxygen and iron supplements to get my count back to normal.  Again, I'll know more in the morning.

Right now, I'm going to take my slippers off, and crawl into bed and get some much needed sleep.