I’ve been AWOL on here for a while, and there’s a very good
reason for that. I had my second daughter! Before I get to the blog post, let
me take a minute to do the obligatory mommy bragging. She was born VIA repeat
c-section at 2 days before 40 weeks, at 9:09 AM. She’s a big baby girl, but
beautiful and healthy! She was born 9lbs and 12oz, and 20 inches long, which
explains the misery I was in for the last month! I mean, seriously, she has a
big head! Her head was wedged into my hips for a month, so I took one look at
her head and BAM, my exact words were, “Well THAT explains a lot!”
My other half looked at her when she was born and laughed,
and said “That’s a BIG girl!” and I swear, I was in denial. I was all “No, she’s
not!” and he was grinning and told me that yeah, she really was, and darned if
he was right! Big baby! Explained a lot! She looks just like her daddy though.
I’m one big proud mommy.
Anywho, so today I figured, since I have a new addition in
the house, I’d write about her! Well, 10 things you forget about newborns, anyways! Basically, this is the stuff that happens,
and after a while, you don’t remember it because your little one outgrows it.
And then you get the baby fever, and you don’t even think about these things.
And, while we’re at it, let’s toss in those post-partum BLECH moments that we
completely forget about too!
1- All-nighters. I can honestly say that I had forgotten
about the notorious all-nighter, until the second night in the hospital where
my little one would NOT sleep in her bassinet no matter what we did! We finally
got her to sleep in her bassinet last night and so far, so good for tonight.
*fingers crossed* But yeah, you seem to forget about the lack of sleep that
comes with a newborn most of the time once you get to getting some sleep again.
2- Getting peed on. Yeah, my first really only did this
once, but so far, my Roto-Rooter takes BIG pees, so when she goes, she soaks
her diaper, and sometimes, us too. She got my other half the other day, and
today she got me! I don’t think we’re going to be buying anymore packs of
newborn diapers that’s for sure. Pretty sure we’re going to size 1. But I know
I sure didn’t remember the feeling of a wet pair of pants and going ‘Huh… that’s
warm… and wet… and the baby’s wet… oh…’
3- The need to feed!! Yes, I made that sound like a zombie
thing on purpose! I completely forgot how my older girl had loved to chow down
her food! So when this one decided to be a chow-hound too… man, I was taken
aback for a bit! And I had nurses trying to tell me that she shouldn’t be
eating as much as she was, but I had to remember that babies will seldom
overeat, they will eat until full. And once we did a formula switch to the
anti-spit up formula, she eats her 2.5 to 3 oz avery 3 hours, and we see almost
no spitting up. (And yes, her pedi said her intake is perfectly normal. Some
newbs apparently just need a little more, especially ones born at 40 weeks,
from what she said.)
4- Clothing that suddenly won’t fit! It’s been literally 5
days and already she’s outgrown a good chunk of her newborn wardrobe. She’s
gotten longer I think since she came out. When she came out, for example, she
had a little blue footie pajama set that fit her perfect. Now? She can’t even
straighten her legs in it, and the arms are way too short. Luckily onesies
stretch some, but even the stretchiest onesies in the world can’t help some of
her brand new clothes that, suddenly, won’t fit.
5- That stretching feeling! This goes with the whole
outgrowing clothes thing, but MAN I don’t know if it’s just my kids or if it’s
ALL babies, but in the first week this kid has sprouted taller like someone
sprinkled Miracle Gro all over her head and watered her like a plant. I mean,
she seems to get a little longer by the day lately! And when I thought back, my
older daughter did that too!
6- Ew, bleeding. I completely forgot how gross post-partum
bleeding really is… It’s nothing like a period, at least not for me. It makes
me miss my period…
7- OW MY BOOBS! Seriously! Once that milk comes in, my boobs
felt like bricks of HATE! I couldn’t even lay in the bed! I stuffed cabbage in
my bra, for a little comfort, and then I found out that Sudafed helps with
drying you up, so I’ve taken that for 2 days. (Luckily, I had a runny nose from
my cold still anyhow, so I knocked out two birds with one stone.) Kudos to the
women who breastfeed and have to deal with that engorged feeling, because I don’t
think I could do that plus deal with my C-section incision pain.
8- Hello, hormones! Yeah, I forgot how weepy and stressed
having a newborn can make you. That lovely cocktail of post-partum hormones
makes every little thing seem major for a few days, and then you start to even
out and feel kinda human again.
9- I want it and can’t have it… Take three guesses at what I’m
talking about here. Yeah. That post-partum waiting period SUCKS. I don’t know
why, but I’m still just as ‘wanting it’ as I was when I was pregnant, and now,
I actually can’t HAVE it, and no lie, it’s driving me freaking BATTY! Probably
a hormone thing, too, so YAY hormones I guess!
10- The stinkiest, grossest poops in the world. No lie,
newborn diapers stink. And they’re all seedy, like someone filled them with
little sesame seeds… And the color palette of them is just… I forgot poop came
in those colors. And don’t get me started on meconium. Even more gross, poo
that sticks to the kiddo like black tar… At least a bit of olive oil helps with
getting THAT stuff off.
And there you have it! Off topic, I’ll probably be posting a
little less while I get to know my little Roto-Rooter a little better, and we
have some bonding time, me, her, sissy, and daddy, but I will be posting when I
get the chance! I also have college to finish up, so you’ll probably get more
out of me in May, once I finish school and graduate! (YAY GRADUATION!) As
always, thanks for reading!
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