The First Week

Banks slept like a champ the first night we had him home. He only woke up twice during the night, which was great. We felt so much better the next day than we did after that famous "2nd night" in the hospital.

My parents came to stay with us on Sunday and Monday night. My mom slept with me in the room with Banks since Patrick was going back to work on Monday. This night was more similar to the "2nd night." I was up with him all night long, literally, for feedings. I know it made my mom feel pretty helpless that she could do very little to help even though the moral support and diaper changes were more helpful than she knows! All that boy really wanted to do was EAT (and spit up). My mom ended up going to get Patrick at 5am to trade shifts. Patrick was able to put Banks down until about 8 the next morning, which was great.

Monday was Banks' first trip to the doctor... see separate post. My parents stayed again Monday night to help us out, and left on Tuesday morning. Patrick's parents came on Tuesday morning, which was also Christmas Eve. It was great having them at our house to celebrate Christmas.

Banks seems to be in more of a consistent pattern of sleep now. He wakes up about twice a night, but one of those is a marathon 2 hours of eating and diaper changes. Once we make it to 4am, he'll sleep a good 4-5 hours until morning. Still exhausting, but not as bad as it could be!

By Thursday, this momma was already going stir crazy, so Patrick took us out running errands, and to the office with him. I so appreciated him allowing us to tag along with him!

Again, Patrick and I feel so blessed for all of our family and friends who came to meet Banks and help us out in our first week. Our parents have especially been our lifeline during this adjustment period!