We Are HOME: The First 48(ish) at Home Report

So we have been home for over 48 hours now, so I figured it was time to post an update. We got home from the hospital Wednesday afternoon and Charli loved the car ride home- I guess most infants do. We brought her inside in her car seat to let Izzie get accustomed to her and Izzie ran un to her and rubbed her cold nose all over her face :-). We had our first bath Wednesday night and Charli hated it! Well I think it was a combination of her being hungry already and also being cold, but she was really happy when we dried her off! I then braced myself for our first evening alone, but to my surprise she did amazing! She slept 4 hours in between both middle of the night feedings, and actually would have gone longer if I hadn't woke her up to make her eat. Then she went back down in her pack 'n' play and laid there quietly until she fell back asleep. I was the proudest (and probably best rested on night #1) mamma ever!

Thursday was a quiet day filled with cat naps and baby watching. Michael and I have quickly found that we could stare at Charli, whether sleeping or awake, for hours on end. From day 1 at the hospital we have found that she is pretty gassy and needs quite a bit of help moving the air bubbles around, and evening 2 was mostly remembered by a pretty fussy baby. Poor little girl could not get comfortable, and Michael and I wanted nothing more than to make it go away :( Its so sad when you can not do anything to ease their cries. Needless to say the night went about the same and mom was up most of the night just trying to calm her down.

Friday was a fun and entertaining day as it was our first family trip out of the house. We had Charli's first Dr. Appointment. Michael and I really like the pediatrician, he keeps things simple and obviously loves baby's. He gave Michael and I quite a few tips that we both have found very useful. Daddy set Charli on the scale to see her weight, and as soon as diaper came off, the peeing started, all over daddy's shorts and shirt. :-) Good day! Of course it didn't phase her at all. Unfortunately she still has a little yellow coloring so we had to redo her jaundice test which meant wandering over to the hospital and waiting for 30 minutes and then her getting her heel pricked again- like we said before, she's definitely got some good lungs on her! We got her home and during her after-lunch nap, daddy got peed on again :-) Obviously I'm enjoying this! We gave her bath #2 which consisted of the same cold cries, and ended with mommy getting pooped on- I guess I deserved it after all the laughs a daddy. Again, Charli didn't seem too concerned where the poop landed. Daddy got some good bonding time with 2 evening bottle feedings, while I went to bed early so we both were able to get some good sleep! We are very blessed that Charli loves to sleep!

We couldn't be happier to be home and feel so blessed with what God has given us. We definitely think she is the cutest little girl that there has ever been and just can't seem to love on her enough! Here are some lessons learned in these first few days (hope you get some good laughs) as well as some snap shots of the Little Lady! Enjoy!

Lesson 1: When you hear the poop, go ahead and wait another ~15 minutes before changing- or you might end up with poop everywhere!
Lesson 2: Not only does baby need more than one outfit when we leave the house, but best to bring a change for mommy and daddy too.
Lesson 3: Never assume a closed diaper is a good diaper :-)
Lesson 4: Spit up comes fast

Lesson 5: It is not only boys that pee while being changed