Andrea’s Weblog

I think my stress level is finally decreasing. Up until the last week, I’ve been so afraid that she’ll start crying at any moment and we won’t be able to console her. It sounds silly, but I really have a hard time grasping the fact that there are really only 3 main reasons why babies [...]

I always knew that I would breastfeed, but somehow I never thought about what it entails. Elizabeth’s happiness and well-being seem contingent on my ability to whip out a breast at a moments notice. I’m permanently on-call. For at least the next 6 months, she’ll be at arms reach (unless I use the breast pump). [...]

We’ve learned a lot this first week home. I think I’ve been swinging between being extremely happy to thinking how am I going to manage? It’s been a lot of trial and error in figuring out what Elizabeth wants, what she thinks she wants and what she needs. For example, she always wants to eat [...]

On Sunday Elizabeth was released from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and got her own private room, which she shared with her parents. We were very happy to be able to hold her whenever we wanted, provided the nurses weren’t in there sticking her. I wish I could say that our first night together was [...]