Diaper Changing Debacle: My mom showed us how to change his diaper which was a little challenging as we had to put a gauze pad smeared in Vaseline over the stitch that he had. The first diaper change was a success. Can't say that for the next one though. Upon trying to change his diaper the 2nd time the Vaseline must have not be smeared enough on the gauze pad because it ended up getting stuck. When my mom pulled the pad away there was blood everywhere. I totally lost it. I was so freaked out that he was bleeding all over the place. We called the hospital and asked them what to do. They said to put a folded up wash cloth over the gauze pad and then to close the diaper over that to put more pressure on it. If it didn't stop bleeding then come back to the hospital. Thankfully this worked!! But it was definitely mommy meltdown number 1.
Sleeping: The first night home Chuck and I really didn't get much sleep. He was a hot mess no matter how much I tried breastfeeding him he wouldn't stop crying. We called Joan (our DR) and she suggested to supplement feed him since maybe my good milk had not come in yet. After that bottle he finally fell asleep a couple of hours!!! That was the best sleep Chuck and I had!!
Putting On Clothes: I don't know who designed onesie's but our first encounter changing Emerson was a huge challenge for us. Emerson thankfully was not a floppy kid (meaning he could pretty much hold his head steady right when he was born so his neck didn't need much support), but man was he strong. Our adventure of putting on his 1st onesie probably took us about 1/2 hour. The poor kid probably wanted to kill us!! Getting it over his head was easy but trying to get it through the arms was not an easy task. Both of us were to scare to really move him around and he was all tense on us trying to put his arms through the arm holes. So we would wait until he relaxed to try to get them through the arm loops. Boy was it a pain!! After this debacle we decided we liked the onesie's that didn't have to go over his head but instead had buttons or zippers!! ha ha
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