Wednesday night brought about a different thing for us. When we came home from the hospital without Mary I was the only one getting up in the middle of the night. Now, we were having to do it with a new baby. It's amazing how much you forget about what goes on with a new born. We did it four years ago, but this time it feels way different. Mary was on a schedule in the NICU and they encouraged us to keep to that schedule. We finished her feed at 11, and went to sleep. She did a great job of going to sleep. Her next feed was at 2, and she didn't go back to sleep. Mary made lots of funny noises that we were not use to. She also didn't eat like we expected her to. Our biggest battle of getting out of the NICU was getting her to eat. Now, I felt as if we were going backwards. We ended up calling the NICU to make sure we were doing things right and that she wasn't going backwards. They told us a few things to try and encouraged us to keep it up. We felt lost. Were we doing it right?
Thursday and Friday didn't bring about any big changes. We were exhausted and it was hard. When we had Maggie 4 years ago we could go back to sleep and got plenty of rest. This time we have a 4 year old to put into the equation and there was no extra rest to be had. We did trade off sleeping in, so that helped. Mary still was not eating well, so again we called the NICU (our 3rd call.) At this point, they probably think we are crazy and wonder why they released her to come home to us.
They suggested we call our pedi and get her a weight check. Our pedi was great and told us to not be worried. She told us that babies have to adjust to their new surroundings. They did allow us to come in for a weight check, and she was doing fine.
Mary is what I call our puzzle. She's on her own schedule. We have finally started to figure her out, noises and all! We should have known she would do her own thing. That's how it has been this whole time.
Our family is in love with this little girl! We can't get enough if her!
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