Eli's First Day - Part 2

My parents, my Aunt Lois, and my brother came back to see the little guy. He was a little trooper and didn't seem to mind being passed around from person to person. In fact, he was pretty laid back, and I started to think that we had the best baby the world had ever known. Travis changed his first diaper. I wanted to help, but I couldn't get out of bed. This would be a recurring theme over the next couple of days.

The rest of the day was pretty easy and exciting. We just kept marveling over the little man. A few visitors came and went. We got the hang of feeding pretty easily. I was on a liquid diet plus painkillers. In the afternoon, Travis's Uncle Jeff came by and I threw up in front of him which was pretty humiliating.

By the time evening rolled around, I was out of bed and sitting in a chair. I was happy to be moving around, but the whole ordeal was pretty horrendous. The nurses kept telling me to make sure I took the meds so I could stay ahead of the pain. I took their advice, but it was terrible because here I was trying to be a mom and I was in a drug-induced fog most of the time. I was also really uncomfortable and could not stand to lie flat.

Eli slept most of the day. By the evening, he decided he didn't want to sleep anymore, and he was NOT happy. It was horrible - constant crying and Travis walking him around and trying to calm him. I helped as much as I could, but it was hard because I was so tired and the meds made that much worse. At one point, Travis climbed in bed with me and Eli because that was the only way to make him stop crying (which is a cute thought now but was really annoying at the time). I'm sure that we were a ridiculous sight.

He decided to go to sleep around 6am. We were so thankful and started trying to get some shuteye ourselves, but at that point the doctors started coming around to check on him and me. Then visitors arrived. It was the first of many sleepless nights.