Sweet Pea, apple of my eye.

It's been almost two weeks since Damien was born and we're still alive! My mom stayed with my grand parents only a town away for the first week and came over to our apartment every day before she had to return to work, and once she left it was up to Rick and myself to survive. Somehow, we have managed! Rick and I take turns with feedings since the wonderfully nice lady at Mercy's Lactation Department gave me a manual breast pump. It takes a little bit of work, but if that work means I get to sleep for at least four hours straight without being disturbed it's worth it! My sweet pea has had this tendancy of being more awake at night and sleeping solidly in between feedings during the day! A couple of friends of mine who also had their babies in December have found themselves on the same schedule, so it's been nice to have had others women to go through everything with, including pregnancy.


As much as Rick and I would like to try to keep Damien awake during the day, we realized that keeping a brand new baby preoccupied enough to not sleep as much during the day is no small feat! They eat, sleep, poop (and pee), and occasionally give you the stare down! Then it starts all over again! Damien seems to only want to sleep at night if he's with one or both of us, and the past few nightswe've become so exhuasted that we prop ourselves up a little bit on a couple of pillows and lay him belly down on top of our chest. He absolutely loves that position and falls right asleep, but try to put him in his crib (even if he's as warm and comfy as a baby could be) he fusses and wails until he's rescued!
He's an absolute joy to have and is a good baby, it would just be nice if he liked to sleep at night though! I guess this is only the beginning, but we're taking things one day at a time so as to savor the great moments and make light of the not-so great moments! In the mean time, I have found that cleaning and up the apartment is my simple getaway from all things baby, while listening to my new favorite song "Sweet Pea" by Amos Lee. It's such a cute song, and I discovered it (and of course fell in love with it) since I started calling Damien 'sweet pea' when he was born.