Daniel came in around 2:30am and surprised me with fudge cookies. I’m not sure if those are included in my approved “light solids” diet, so I ate one and hid the rest.
Ryan nursed with gusto, took some expressed milk via syringe from his father, and then headed off to the nursery around 3:45am so that we could get some sleep.
6:00am. In comes the morning nurse with Ryan and my beloved dose of percocet. More nursing, cuddling, a quick visit from the pediatrician, and then it’s time to get a few more hours of sleep.
Ryan woke once around 10:00am to eat, so I was able to sleep before then and after then. I dragged myself up and out of bed around 1:00pm to take a shower. What would normally take me ten minutes took about 45, because it took time to get out of bed, make my way to the bathroom, sit during a long and relaxing shower, and then slowly make my way back to the bed and get dressed.
1:30pm. Lunch arrives, but I’m pooped out from getting cleaned up and dressed. I eat a little bit, and then doze.
Things are quiet for the rest of the afternoon and evening, as it’s just Ryan and I: Daniel left in the morning to go to work and then head over to the house to continue painting, and my mother, grandfather and brothers won’t be visiting until after 9:00pm.
So Ryan and I spend the afternoon together in bed. At one point he spent four hours nursing, only dropping off every little bit to nap. I napped here and there as well. Not only does having just given birth and being up around the clock with a baby make me sleepy, but the percocet works like clockwork: within twenty minutes of taking it I’m feeling better, and exactly one hour after taking it I’m ready to snooze.
My family came around 9:30pm and stayed until a little after midnight. We watched television, ooh’ed and aah’ed over Ryan and compared baby footprints between my mother, my brothers, myself and Ryan (my youngest brother and Ryan are tied with having the biggest feet).
Once my family left, I nursed Ryan one last time, and then he and six ounces of expressed breastmilk were taken to the nursery and I went to sleep.
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