Happy 4 weeks Erin!

How did this happen? I have a 4 week old baby! I can not even believe it’s been 4 weeks although! What a 4 weeks it has been! 

It’s so weird... you spend the entire 9 months of your pregnancy preparing yourself for the fact that at the end of the 9 months you will be greeted with the best present ever! However I’ll be honest, I don’t think at any point as a first time parent are you fully prepared! You can read all the books and watch all the videos you like but suddenly your on the post natal ward with a baby that’s yours to take care of! 

First of all any new mummies or any mummies to be our there, start my giving yourself a big old high 5! If you can get through the first month you got this! Yes you’ll be tired, you have no idea what day it is and your hormones are all over the place but my gosh is it worth it! 

The first few days after we brought Erin home are a blur. I was recovering from the last effects of labour and was confined to the sofa by my lovely husband (what a star). In the hospital Erin took to breast feeding straight away however the first few days were a struggle. I won’t go into a lot of detail as I will save this for another post. 

Sleep wise Erin sleeps like an absolute dream. Ignoring the first couple of nights where we had cluster feeding she has been amazing. We have got into a lovely routine where she has a feed at around 11pm / 11.30pm and then sleeps through until 3am / 4am - she then sleeps until 7am / 8am. 

Weight wise, she has been gaining weight beautifully. She lost 4oz on her day 5 check up and after that has been gaining steadily and is following the line perfectly. 

We have been very lucky. Because I was scheduled in for an induction it meant Adam could schedule his paternity leave in. He had previously booked 2 weeks holiday from my due date before we knew what was happening because we decided if I went over due he would deffo be off. Tagging his paternity leave and days off on to this meant he had 4 weeks off which has been total bliss and a luxury we know not everyone has! He went back to work yesterday and I am glad to report that me and Erin survived the first day of just the 2 of us - I even managed a load of baby washing too! 

What’s strange is, I heard some people say that the first few weeks of having your newborn are the hardest because you can so vividly remember what your life was like before however I’ll be honest, I haven’t felt like that at all! I genuinely struggle to remember what our lives were like before she was here!