Last night we had the baby by ourselves in the house for the first night. It went pretty well. Jason, with the advice of an older guy at work, came up with a plan. He takes the baby till 1 am and then the rest of the night is mine since he has to work. I sleep from 9-1 (if Chase's feeding schedule cooperates) and then I am up the rest of the night on and off. We were doing well at first with him eating every 3-4 hours, but now he is getting bigger and bigger and wants to eat every 2 hours so that is hard for me since I am still so tired from the surgery. I hear it takes like 6 weeks to get your full energy back. Jason took off this week to stay home with me since I still can't drive. That is so wonderful to have him here during the day. Next week, I will be by myself all day so we will see how I adjust to that.
You never fully realize until you have a baby how much you will love them and how much responsibility they are. You just want to make them safe and warm all of the time. Jason and I both are totally changed people. I already can't remember what we did before Chase was born. The things you used to do are not important anymore. Then there is the knowing that they solely depend on you for everything. When they cry and you don't know why, you feel so helpless. Chase gets some pretty bad tummy aches at night or it appears that way. I pray he does not have colic. It does not last long, but he still has a lot of gas, or so I think. Today we gave him his first real bath in his tub and he hated that as much as a diaper change. It hurts you to see them cry, but from what I have heard, they get used to diaper changes and baths and end up really liking it. He just does not like to be uncovered!
I haven't had time to load more pictures onto the computer, but we will get some more up soon. Chase is so cute and is changing everyday!
