We had PLANNED on standing our ground and having Deegan sleep in his nursery while we would 'watch' him on the video monitor from our room.
Well, his first night home proved otherwise. It was bed time, we walked up stairs and simultaneously freaked out about him being so far away from us. Since we had stubbornly NOT bought a bassinet for our room, we crammed our Brains to figure out how to get him into our room without chances of smothering him in our bed.
Luckily Michelle in Las Vegas called and recommended an emergency technique she used once; put him in a dresser drawer, in between us in bed. Well, needless to say, after our laughter stopped, we tried it out, and it worked GREAT! Of course now we have a bassinet (on loan from our friends Soren & Bonnie), and he will sleep right in our room, at least until he is a old enough to sleep almost through the night.
Home - Day 2) Our first outting was to our pediatrician's office. We managed to arrive 15 minutes late, even though it is only 3/4 mile from our house. During the check-up Deegan decided to pleasure us with some poopy, when the doctor asked for a diaper, Alise and I looked at eachother like "freakin idiot". Yes, yes, not only did we forget the diaper bag, it was sitting empty in Deegan's closet with the tags still on it. Luckily our doctor has a great sense of humor and congratulated us for at least remembering to bring Deegan!
Home - Night 2) It appears that Deegan is going to be a night owl later in life. This little guy LOVES to be awake at night. Fortunately he is not always crying while he is awake, but nonetheless, it has made for a couple fun nights for Mommy and I. He has eaten 9 times between 8pm and 8am, so needless to say, we NEED a nap!
We were a little slap happy last night during one of Deegans awake times, and he had a major episode of the Hiccups (FYI - when Mommy gets the hiccups they last for Hours, not minutes), so we figured we would share the show, ENJOY!
Momma's favorite picture of Deegan so far (2 days old):
You guys are doing great! And we did the same thing with Grayce - she ended up in bed with us most nights the first month. She was in a sleep positioner and it was fine! Youre going thru a lot of the same situations we did and it brings back memories :)
ReplyDeleteI'll triple that! Doesn't matter how many times you go through it I guess because we've left the diaper bag at home on many occassions with each of boys.
ReplyDeleteRylan just graduated to a crib so we have a bassinet that you can have if you want it. Just let me know!