Sleepless Nights turn into Sleeping Nights

Our first night home with Little Man was as fun as our first night home with Lil’ Monster and Silly Girl.  All three of our critters have had something that they became accustomed to in the hospital and then wanted at home.  The fun times for us was finding what worked.

For Silly Girl we  found out that she didn’t like being cold. 

We put Silly Girl to bed at a very decent and reasonable time but at 3:00 AM we finally had her asleep (when we gave up and put her in the middle of us).

We had to put a heated throw blanket in her bed and turn it on before bed and turn it off once she was in.  We then had to dress her in a onesie, long johns and a sleeper and snuggle her then lay a blanket over the top.

For Lil’ Monster we found out that she didn’t like laying flat in her bed or laying free.

Once again we finally went to sleep at another unreasonable time of the early morning hours.  Since Lil’ Monster was born in June we didn’t think she was cold.  That and because she was already wrapped up warm  Learned that from the first one remember.

So we scratched our heads and thought about what we might have to do make her to go to sleep.
It came down to lifting her bed up at one end so she wasn’t laying flat.  We also had to take all of the extra receiving blankets and roll them together to make a ring for her to sleep in.

For The Terrorizer we were up until 1:30 AM again at a very unreasonable time we finally went to sleep but this time with my night table lamp left on.

So for the first two or three nights that we were home I gave in for the need of sleep and left my lamp on so we could get some sleep.

Around the fourth night or so we tried turning the lamp off and woo hoo we slept.
It really is remarkable what we have had to do just to get a little sleep.  Or as Papa Bear may say to keep me sane, happy and sleeping.

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Our Terrorizer Arrives

Today marks a whole week that The Terrorizer and I have been home from the hospital. 

Last Thursday Papa Bear and I went to the hospital at an unhappy hour of 6:00 AM.  I slept maybe a whole 3 hours all night, between being anxious and the stuffy nose.  Then at the hospital I had the nurses start their routine of getting me ready for my c-section.

I was excited to have The Terrorizer out.  But once in the operating room I was more excited to be out of there.  Then once I was in the recovery room I couldn’t get out there fast enough either.  My happiest moment was when I was finally wheeled into my room and allowed to sit up and hold my Terrorizer.

He was born on May 20th at 7:51 AM.  He was 7 lbs and 4.1 oz. and 21 inches long.  And of course he was absolutely perfect.

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May 17th, 2010

Today is a day that will only be remembered years from now and not because it is my brother’s birthday.   I am writing now because I am almost to the end of my time of having a parasite growing in me.  If you don’t remember that post when I announced here it is.

That was of course a very happy time for us.  We found out that our last one was on their way.  Well I am now just 3 glorious days away from finally seeing my parasite on the outside and seeing what I have been growing in me for the last NINE months.  I am at the point that I don’t know what will be more exciting seeing him for the first time or starting to get MY body back  to how it should be.  They are both pretty exciting adventures.

The other reason that I can’t wait to be done is that I will once again be able to eat a little more freely.  I won’t have to watch my carb count as much as I do now.  I WILL NOT BE GESTATIONAL DIABETIC ANYMORE!!!!  As you can see that makes me very happy as well.  And the funniest part, the one thing that I miss the most is not cakes or jams or chocolate (because if you know me I could care less about chocolate to begin with) but the one thing that I am missing the most of all is cinnamon rolls with a nice glaze icing over the top.  May be funny but very true.

So you may be thinking what am I doing these last couple of days before I go to the hospital?  Well first of I should say that I am NOT NESTING.  On the contrary all the work that I’ve been doing around the house is  only being done because it needs to be done and so somebody has to do it.

The one thing that I have been doing a lot of is researching how to homeschool my Silly girl for next year and getting all of my ducks in a row.  I figure I am going to have three of them at home and so I need plenty of time to get my game plan together now.  That is the whole reason I’m starting now.

I hope she enjoys what we will be doing and I’m not doing this more for me than her.  But so far she has been really receptive and into what I’ve started getting and doing.  So hopefully that is a very good sign.

So stay tuned and I’ll let you know how it goes.  I hope to be starting mid August.  Wish us luck.

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