First 24 hours

Sunday August 11

You slept most of your first night which was really only about 4am to 7am. You didn’t cry very much at all. Around 10:30 you got some visitors: Jeannette, James, Patrick, and Alice. Jeannette, James, and Patrick all held you. You were a very quiet baby. They left after about an hour and around 12pm Mom’s coworker: Pei Ling came in to visit. She held you for a bit and left after about 30 minutes. Alison and Grandma Mary Ann and Grandpa Jeff came in to visit around 1pm. Alison brought some chicken noodle soup and chili for mom and dad.  They all held you for a bit and took pictures and left after a couple hours.

Mom tried very hard to breast-feed you, but you still have not latched on. She also tried the breast pump which hasn’t helped yet. A breastfeeding specialist tried to help out a lot too. You had your first bowel movement and pee around 6am.  You started becoming very fussy and crying a lot in the late afternoon. Mom tried very hard to feed you and dad tried hard to swaddle you and rock you. The whole late night: 9pm-12am you were crying and we had a hard time trying to figure it out. Your diaper was wet with pee. The nurse changed you and you started crying for a while again. We didn’t realize that you had another bowel movement and pee shortly after, so we changed your diaper again. You have a lot of energy crying so much and moving around. We tried to sing to you and we also tried rocking you and playing some soothing sounds on Mom’s phone. Dad put on a glove and you sucked on his finger very hard.