Sleeping, eating habits? Any baby blues/post-partum issues?

With Avery, she spent her first week and a half in the hospital, so that was not a fun experience. We brought her home when she was 9 days old. She was on a wonderful schedule from being in the NICU, and I was sure she would stick to it. That didn't happen. :D When we brought her home, she was on her own new schedule! She would eat 4 ounces of b-milk every 4 hours and sleep pretty much the rest of the time. Nights weren't very fun, but that's to be expected. PG and I had a rule...in the middle of the night, if one of us was up for 2 hours, then we could wake the other one up to take over. It seemed to work for us.

I think I had some of the baby blues, but nothing major. I cried a lot and I didn't want to be left alone with her either. I think a lot of those feelings are pretty normal for first time mommies.

With Olivia, I was much more emotional. I was overwhelmed to say the least. We asked my mother to come home from the hospital with us for a couple days to help out. I was surprised how I didn't remember a thing from when Avery was little. It was like starting out all over again. I had forgotten how this new little one needs you for everything. I tried nursing Liv, and we tried that for over 2 weeks. It was SO painful, and I did not look forward to feeding times with her, so I made the decision to pump. She would eat 2-4 ounces of b-milk every 2 hours. She was a better sleeper than Avery was. She would get up to eat, but then usually go right back to sleep. There were a few nights where I had to wake up Daddy to help, but nothing like it was with Avery.

I think with Liv I did have more of the baby blues. I cried a lot more this time, and just was not a happy mommy. I didn't start really enjoying my life again until she was about 6 weeks old. It was very hard going from one child to two...much harder that I had thought. It was a very big adjustment for all of us.