Jeremy was born on the thirteenth of March, two thousand and thirteen. On the 14th afternoon we were cleared to leave the hospital. We got him dressed, put him in his car seat... Set him up in the car and on the way home, i couldn't stop looking at him and checking on him every 2 seconds.We got home and i went straight to the bassinet and put him in there and then i was like .. what now?
I did my reading and prepping for baby. I read about schedules and knew what i needed to do, but for the first few days, my mind was a blank. I was so exhausted. Between sleeping only an hour and a half the night before the 12th, not being able to sleep well all through the 12th (labour) and having a baby to take care of the 13th onwards i was pretty tired. I couldn't even tell time.. i didn't want to think. Just wanted to admire my newborn.
Day 02 had elevated levels of Jaundice and we had to take him back to the hospital to get his levels checked again and he ended up getting admitted for the Bili light treatment. Levels came down when he was checked in the morning so we got to leave that evening. He's such a trooper. He soon passed his birth weight and is growing at a furious pace!
It's amazing watching a newborn learn how to use his eyes. Learning how to focus both eyes on the same thing was scary and hilarious all at the same time :)
We had a lot of smiles, except they were just "gas" smiles. It's kinda scary though, when he'd smile for a split second and then go back to a very serious face. Towards the end of month 1 we got our first REAL smile. He looked straight in my eyes and smiled his wide toothless smile. My heart melted and i won't lie, i got a little teary there!
He is such an amazing baby. He was very calm and relaxed. Gave Joe and me such an easy time! When he was around a month old, he weighed around 4.5 Kgs and was 22inches tall.
It was exhausting, but amazing! It's scary how fast a baby grows. You blink and they're already hitting milestones!
J at 4 days old
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