We stayed at the hospital for two nights after I delivered. This was two days and two nights of food being a phone call away, guests visiting, nurses helping me with my every move, and free babysitting via the hospital nursery! I personally think this service should not be offered because it gives a sense of false hope. Everyone says "Send your baby to the nursery so that you can get a good night's rest." WHY? What for? Are they going to come home with me and continue this free overnight babysitting until he is sleeping through the night?
Leaving the hospital is a bit of an ordeal. There is a pile of discharge paperwork, videos we had to watch, bags to pack, and a baby to put inside of his carseat for his first ever trip on the open highway! I was moving pretty slow. Like snail's pace slow. I was still recovering from the deliver and just sitting was painful. Adam put some pillows down where I would be sitting in the car and he assured me he would drive as "bump free" as possible. I hobbled down to the lobby of the hospital, and waited as Adam got the car. At this point I see a woman who appears to have also just had a baby. Except she made me look like the biggest wimp. She was standing in the doorway holding the pumpkin seat with her baby inside, happily swinging it back and forth across her entire body. The valet brings her car to her and she clicks the carseat in, hops in the front seat and drives off...probably to her house where she will scrub all of the floors and have dinner on the table by 5:00. I on the other hand have to have Adam carry the pumpkin seat, I can hardly walk, and getting into the car was a slow and ungraceful process.
Anyhow, I got in and we headed home. I felt like every car was flying, rolling stop signs, running stop lights, and not looking both ways. At this point I am regretting the decision to skip out on buying one of those "Baby on Board" signs for our window.
We got home, introduced the dogs to their new brother and hung out for the rest of the evening with our brand new baby. Soon it was time for bed. We had everything ready. Ethan in his pajamas with a clean diaper and a full belly. The pack n' play was set up next to our bed with the video monitor. We put him sleep came out to the living room to watch some TV before heading to bed, but in reality we sat and watched the screen of the monitor, all night long, as if Ethan would be performing some kind of show for the two of us. It felt so weird. Up to this point this tiny has been handled, watched, passed around, poked, and prodded since he came out of the womb. Now we just set him down and left him all alone in this big huge world to go to sleep. Or so we thought. It only took us one night to confirm what we previously thought. Ethan has his days and nights completely backwards.
It's a good thing he's cute!
We love you and your day and night confused self!
Leaving the hospital is a bit of an ordeal. There is a pile of discharge paperwork, videos we had to watch, bags to pack, and a baby to put inside of his carseat for his first ever trip on the open highway! I was moving pretty slow. Like snail's pace slow. I was still recovering from the deliver and just sitting was painful. Adam put some pillows down where I would be sitting in the car and he assured me he would drive as "bump free" as possible. I hobbled down to the lobby of the hospital, and waited as Adam got the car. At this point I see a woman who appears to have also just had a baby. Except she made me look like the biggest wimp. She was standing in the doorway holding the pumpkin seat with her baby inside, happily swinging it back and forth across her entire body. The valet brings her car to her and she clicks the carseat in, hops in the front seat and drives off...probably to her house where she will scrub all of the floors and have dinner on the table by 5:00. I on the other hand have to have Adam carry the pumpkin seat, I can hardly walk, and getting into the car was a slow and ungraceful process.
Anyhow, I got in and we headed home. I felt like every car was flying, rolling stop signs, running stop lights, and not looking both ways. At this point I am regretting the decision to skip out on buying one of those "Baby on Board" signs for our window.
We got home, introduced the dogs to their new brother and hung out for the rest of the evening with our brand new baby. Soon it was time for bed. We had everything ready. Ethan in his pajamas with a clean diaper and a full belly. The pack n' play was set up next to our bed with the video monitor. We put him sleep came out to the living room to watch some TV before heading to bed, but in reality we sat and watched the screen of the monitor, all night long, as if Ethan would be performing some kind of show for the two of us. It felt so weird. Up to this point this tiny has been handled, watched, passed around, poked, and prodded since he came out of the womb. Now we just set him down and left him all alone in this big huge world to go to sleep. Or so we thought. It only took us one night to confirm what we previously thought. Ethan has his days and nights completely backwards.
It's a good thing he's cute!
We love you and your day and night confused self!
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