Our First Week and a Half

Sorry for the lack of posts, but this has been a very busy week and a half! Here are some basic details in no particular order:

• We came home from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon (10/17)
• I feel fine, and haven't had many adverse effects from the delivery, other than the general stuff. I am within 2 lbs of my pre-pregnancy weight as of this morning, but still have a mushy stomach. Very attractive.
• Adam went back to work on Wednesday (10/18). Despite his best intentions to get home early, the vortex of corporate America has sucked him back in! I feel bad for him that I get to see Henry all day, and he doesn't get as much time. Luckily the weekend is coming and he will have more time. I am also looking forward to a little break/help.
• Grandma Karen stayed with us Wednesday - Saturday. As expected, she was a huge help. Adam thinks she should teach baby care classes (isn't he the little suck up).
• Aunt Heather, Cousins Madeline and Kate came down from Boston on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
• We have had lots of other visitors from work and from our families.
• We have received so many wonderful and generous gifts, we are truly overwhelmed by the outpouring of love that little Henry is receiving! I especially love some of the food gifts that have been arriving from some of Adam's business associates. We got two huge tins of cookies yesterday that I have been munching my way through. I rearrange them after so Adam doesn't see how many I have eaten. He is like the sugar police.
• Henry is such a good baby. He barely cries, and sleeps pretty well. He loves his Amby Hammock. He sleeps in it for most of his naps and for part of the night. For the other part, he usually sleeps with us. Usually on my chest.
• Henry likes to eat so much he has a blister on his upper lip. He generally eats every 2 1/2 hours around the clock, for 30 minutes each time. Today, he has been eating almost hourly. The boy is killing me. Enough said.
• I swear the boy goes through 20 diapers a day. There is nothing wrong with his digestive system, that is for sure.
• We have seen our new Pediatrician twice, and really like her. He is going back on Wednesday (11/1) for his two week check up.
• His eyes are oozing some sort of gook, which she thinks is a blocked tear duct. She doesn't have us doing anything other than wiping it with a wet wash cloth. If it isn't gone by his next visit, I will ask her what plan B is.
• We have been on a few walks and to the doctor, but that has been the extent of our outings. He hates being strapped into anything, and screams whenever I put him in the stroller or car seat. And the sling. And the bouncy seat. He liked the Baby Bjorn for a day or so, but is not all that fond of that now either. He pretty much is either sleeping or I am carrying him. He will sit in the Boppy for a few minutes at a time. I am learning how to do things with one hand. I don't want to get into the habit of laying him on the couch since he can roll from his back to his side already, which I find to be very bizarre.
• We did four loads (not all of it was Henry's) of laundry yesterday, which was an experience. Either I don't know how to put on a diaper or Pampers Swaddlers hold about a tablespoon of liquid. And he pees 1/4 cup. He wets through his diaper about 4 times per day. I change him before every feeding, and other times during the day, so I can't figure what I am doing wrong. I have had multiple people check my diapering technique, and no one can find anything wrong. We might be moving onto new diapers soon, but I still have a bunch of these left.
• Henry decided to make his protest about the Baby Bjorn while I was trying to get the clothing out of the dryer. It is not an easy task to get all of this laundry into a bag and then into a cart holding a screaming baby. So, I put a nest of towels in one of the rolling laundry carts and he took a little nap in there while I finished. It was actually very cute. My co-op board is also in possession of a nice video of me breastfeeding in the laundry room. Give them a little skin to look at while looking at boring security videotape.
• He has about 100 different faces that he makes. Some of his best ones are while he is nursing. My favorite is when he tries to latch on himself and has this very confident/cocky look on his face. He is always about 2 inches from his target, since his vision is still not that great. It is very funny to watch. But, he never loses his confident look. Or, when he swings his head around with his mouth wide open. He looks like Ray Charles does when he is singing.
• We still look at each other at night and are still in shock that we have a baby. Totally bizarre that he wasn't here one day, and was the next. I am loving sleeping on my back again, and I forgot how comfortable the Tempurpedic was.

That's all there is for now. I need to straighten up the apartment a little bit. Hurricane Henry was quite active today.