Home with baby

It was really great to return home after the hospital stay. The hospital stay was nice though, I was so relieved to finally have our baby and to not be pregnant anymore - I was incredibly uncomfortable. Now I can bend over, slide off chairs easily and take a short walk. I still have numbness in my right ball of my foot and toes, they say related to nerve pressure possibly is the cause and if it lasts longer than three weeks they'll look into it more. That makes walking a bit difficult - now I sort of know how Eric feels every day.

Kaylee has responded very well to her brother. She's very excited to ride in the car next to him, exclaiming that she will ride with him and he has his own carseat. She tells us if he's sleeping or awake -we try to give her little jobs like that to keep her involved. I bathed him in his bathtub while she took hers -she barely played she was so interested. She likes to sit right next to him whenever possible. She tells him "it's ok Levi." in a very soothing voice when he cries. She pats his hand and strokes the side of his head gently. She's been a bit frustrated that I haven't been doing bedtime routine with her. I read her a couple stories as I'm able and then Eric finishes putting her to bed. She cries for me for 5-10minutes. We still make time for art each day together, eat dinners all together ( and now I have time to prepare them -yay for maternity leave and a sleepy baby this time around!) and I try to make sure to listen to her and include her. Erics been working on more insistence that she try more food on her plate, he wants us not to have to make special toddler menu items at each meal. We'll see how it goes, he got her to eat 2carrots yesterday before she gets more noodles.

I do wish we had her potty trained. It's been hard changing two kids especially with the volume of diapers levi's been using. But I'm glad he's already fitting into his xs cloth diapers then it's not such a waste and not as expensive.

Levi continues to be a sleepy,easy baby and a very good nurser. He's already lifting his own head a bit and exercises during tummy time. He's very strong and committed while nursing -it's great. Today Levi has some matter in his left eye. I called the nurse line about it and a dr called me back sa yin it's normal and common due to a clogged milk duct. Kaylee had that too but it only led to a watery eye so...we're supposed to watch for redness or swelling.

Eric said to kaylee that almost all babies do is eat, sleep and poop. Kaylee said "that sounds like fun!"

(p.s. We got an iPad which is awesomely easy to use while caring for a baby sleeping in your lap, but it's the reason my typing is not so good hopefully I'll improve soon!) everybody take care it's a beautiful day today!