BRYNLEE'S FIRST MONTH (November/December)

Brynlee had a busy first month filled with lots of visitors (and holidays)!  Since I am so behind and there was so much going on, I will break up her first month into several posts.

My mom was able to be here when she was born and for the first few days at home. 

We got to come home the day after she was born (Tuesday), which was nice.  We welcomed the help as we all got used to being at home together.  She didn't sleep much at the hospital, and she didn't take well to me nursing her at first (she eventually caught on though).  I chose to breastfeed as opposed to formua (more on that later). 

Once we got home, she didn't sleep much at night either.  We were both still learning the ins and outs of breast feeding, and trying to decode her cries was quite difficult.  Once my mom woke about at about 5am (obviously still on east coast time), we would send them both downstairs so that Jason and I could get a few hours of sleep (2-3 hours at this point was heaven!).  Of course Brynlee would sleep the whole time on her Boppy Lounger, she loved that thing!

 

Once my mom left (Thursday), Jason's mom (Mimi) arrived later that afternoon.  We surprised her and were in the car at the airport when Jason went in and picked her up (I wasn' ready to bring Brynlee into the germy airport just yet and I still haven't actually).  She was a great help as well.  We did the same routine with her, and it was great.  Jason had to go back to work the following Monday after she was born (he got a whole week off though, which was really nice). 

When we went to her first Doctor appointment (the Wednesday after she was born), the Pediatrician thought that he heard a little heart murmur so he wanted me to call a specialist and schedule an appointment. 

I forgot to call that Thursday or Friday, so I called first thing Monday morning.  Since she was only a week old they wanted us to come in that day.  Thank goodness Mimi was here and able to come with me because Jason was at work.  We went to the appointment (it wasn't in the best part of town) and the did an EKG and an echo cardiogram.  Brynlee was not a fan of the sticky things that they put on her for the EKG, she was screaming when the nurse took them off.  And of course, that made me cry (I was still full of all sorts of hormones and super emotional)!  The cardioligist did the echo cardiogram and said that everything was fine and she didn't hear a murmur (thank goodness!).  After the appointment we went to my friend Desi's house and she took some newborn pictures of Brynlee and they turned out so cute!