Friday, August 15, 2008

0 - 3 Week Development

What to Expect
0 Weeks- Crying, Sleeping, Eating,Pooping, focused on ceilings,lights,colors
1 Week- Crying, Sleeping, Eating,Pooping, focused on ceilings,lights,colors
2 Weeks-Crying, Sleeping,Eating,Pooping, focused on ceilings,lights,colors
3 Weeks-Crying,Sleeping,Eating,Pooping, your child may start interacting a little more than usual and will also start to focus on things more.


When our little one was born it was an amazing experience. VERY painful but amazing, it was April 20th, 2008 at 9:40PM. I got rolled into the emergency room on a stretcher getting prepped up for surgery, this was after 12 hours of labor and I still remember the pain. I went through 12 hours of labor and unexpectedly delivered our baby girl through a c-section. I was intoxicated with all the medication they had given me and could barely stay awake, I remember feeling pressure and more pressure and than heard the most beautiful little cry. Our baby girl was born! It was amazing! She weighed 5lbs, 8oz, perfectly healthy. After the delivery I was than placed into my room for recovery, ahem more like bootcamp. After going through surgery and labor my body was aching all over and in extreme pain, I could not walk and barely ate. The doctor kept insisting that I walk so I could recover faster. I kept thinking "that's easy for you to say, you aren't bleeding profusely and feeling as miserable as I am."
Day one with our baby girl was interesting and exhausting. We finally realized how hard being a parent was. My little girl was placed into my arms and I remember being afraid to hold her because she was so tiny, she was a little bit bigger than my arm. The doctors had lactation specialists come in to talk about breastfeeding. The benefits of it compared to bottle feeding and how to get baby to nurse. It was difficult since I was in so much pain. My husband took care of our little one which as you might already know babies don't do much except for eat,sleep,poop and cry. We learned how to swaddle our baby. I recommend all parents learn how to swaddle their babies because it's a lifesaver when you need sleep. She was a good baby for the first two days and barely cried but the next few days were different. I was discharged out of the hospital at day 3.
I was relieved to be able to go home and start our new life together. The next few days our little girl started to cry more and it was very frustrating because we didn't know what it was our baby needed. When a newborn cries it can be very frustrating and overwhelming. My husband and I took turns trying to console our little one and this is when I decided to research on the internet how to deciper babies cries.
What to Expect
0 Weeks- Crying, Sleeping, Eating,Pooping, focused on ceilings,lights,colors
1 Week- Crying, Sleeping, Eating,Pooping, focused on ceilings,lights,colors
2 Weeks-Crying, Sleeping,Eating,Pooping, focused on ceilings,lights,colors
3 Weeks-Crying,Sleeping,Eating,Pooping, your child may start interacting a little more than usual and will also start to focus on things more.


When our little one was born it was an amazing experience. VERY painful but amazing, it was April 20th, 2008 at 9:40PM. I got rolled into the emergency room on a stretcher getting prepped up for surgery, this was after 12 hours of labor and I still remember the pain. I went through 12 hours of labor and unexpectedly delivered our baby girl through a c-section. I was intoxicated with all the medication they had given me and could barely stay awake, I remember feeling pressure and more pressure and than heard the most beautiful little cry. Our baby girl was born! It was amazing! She weighed 5lbs, 8oz, perfectly healthy. After the delivery I was than placed into my room for recovery, ahem more like bootcamp. After going through surgery and labor my body was aching all over and in extreme pain, I could not walk and barely ate. The doctor kept insisting that I walk so I could recover faster. I kept thinking "that's easy for you to say, you aren't bleeding profusely and feeling as miserable as I am."
Day one with our baby girl was interesting and exhausting. We finally realized how hard being a parent was. My little girl was placed into my arms and I remember being afraid to hold her because she was so tiny, she was a little bit bigger than my arm. The doctors had lactation specialists come in to talk about breastfeeding. The benefits of it compared to bottle feeding and how to get baby to nurse. It was difficult since I was in so much pain. My husband took care of our little one which as you might already know babies don't do much except for eat,sleep,poop and cry. We learned how to swaddle our baby. I recommend all parents learn how to swaddle their babies because it's a lifesaver when you need sleep. She was a good baby for the first two days and barely cried but the next few days were different. I was discharged out of the hospital at day 3.
I was relieved to be able to go home and start our new life together. The next few days our little girl started to cry more and it was very frustrating because we didn't know what it was our baby needed. When a newborn cries it can be very frustrating and overwhelming. My husband and I took turns trying to console our little one and this is when I decided to research on the internet how to deciper babies cries.

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