Sorry it has taken so long to update. My son Archer was born on Valentines Day. His name is kind of funny because we had picked it out long before he was born. We had no idea he would be born on Valentines Day or even that his name would be connected with V day at all. LOL Anyways, he was born at 7 lb 4 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Since then, he has packed on the pounds and now weighs 9 lbs 1 oz. Wow! What a big boy! :) He is my pride and joy- for sure. That is not to say that these last 4 weeks have been totally smooth. The birth went exceedingly well. I wouldn't say it was painful. I would say it was just INTENSE. The first 2 weeks were pretty tough. He had jaundice, so I was constantly waking him up to feed him because it is important that jaundice babies be well nourished and get lots of breast milk. Newborns sleep almost all the time, so that was a very daunting task sometimes to wake him up! I felt so bad using a cold washrag to wake him up, but I was too worried to just let him sleep. I also struggled a lot with breastfeeding. He had a hard time latching, especially on one breast. I eventually had to pump to keep up my supply and use a nipple shield. One night I even resorted to using a bottle of breast milk because he was screaming and crying and wouldn't feed from my breasts! I felt so depressed and like a failure. I also got very frustrated with the middle-of-the-night feedings and was starting to feel like my breastfeeding struggles were interfering with our bonding. Luckily, I stuck with it and things are MUCH better. I still have difficult days, especially when he cries and I don't know what to do to console him. I am slowly starting to figure it out.
Tomorrow we are getting newborn and family pictures taken. Yay!
Ooops. Gotta go. Baby boy just woke up from a nap. ;)
