The Night From Hell

Where should I start. Alright the beginning. I didn't think much of Kyson not sleeping during the day. He had skipped a couple naps before and was still fine. Well I just laid down for my own nap. THought he should sleep until 5pm I can sleep for 2 hours. WRONG! He woke up at 4:30pm. So I didn't feed him until 5pm. Because I am trying to keep him on a schedule. Wll he didn't fall back to sleep like he normally does after a fedding. He cried. Well I could get him to calm down but only if I held him. All day he wanted to be held. I couldn't put him down. Well 7pm rols around and I think ok...2 hours I will feed you. He still didn't fall alseep. Kurtis ssent me to the store to get out of the house. By the time I got home he had put Kyson down. Well in hisswing so we knew that moving him would wake him. Well we took our chance. 9pm he was up again. So I fed him. He was dry, he had been assing gas and pooping just fine allll day! He didn't have a fever. So what could be wrong other than him being tired? So I read this book and it said to let them cry. Ithealthy. Let them cry in there crib. After 10mins Kurtis couldn't take it anymore and picked him up. 2 hours later we tried that again. He just cried for 20mins...screaming. Kurtis took him for a car ride and he slept but as soon as he stopped he woke up. Ihad pumpe earlier that day and was in no mood to try and breast feed. So I gave him a bottle. He ate half of it ( 2 ounes) and passed out. Finally he was asleep. Now it was putting him in his crib. We did and walked away. Kurtis was out like a light..it was 1:30am and he needed to go to work. I laid in bed just waiting for him to cry. Well...he didn't!! He woke up at 7:30am. Now. What the hell is that all about?! I mean thank you from the bottom of my heart for 6 hours of straight sleep. But dd he sleep that long because he cried so much? Because he was so overly tired? I know it will probably happen again but I have HIGH hopes that we don't have another 7-8 hours crying fest.

I'm still awake

I know I know, go take a nap right? I should but I can't help it. I regret it every night. But I am not a nap person. Kyson is doing well. He wouldn't let me put him down this morning and he didn't take his afternoon well mid afternoon nap. He is napping now but that is becausehis belly is WAY full. He ate for like 35mins. He rarely eats that long because he falls asleep and I have to unwrap him and spray him from head to toe. The little turd! :) He is awfully cute though I can't help myself. Here are a couple stories from the last week.

1. Grandma Hahn was changing his diaper and apparently he wasn't done. He sharted so hard that it well all over his changing table.

2. I was checking his diaper yesterday and just as I determined time to change it he pooped. It scared me so bad I thought it was going to go everywhere.

3. We were all watching tv one night and our monitor picks up every sound. Even the next door neighbors dog. Well all of a sudden...BBBBLLL (best fart sound by letters that I can think of) It was soooo loud and so long! It was hilarious

As you can tell most of my stories are of him and his rear, but he doesn't do anything else. lol He will sit up and stare at you for about an hour if he doesn't feel like sleeping. He is VERY strong. He HATES his bath. Screams the WHOLE entire time. But he sure loves his daddy. I don't know, for Kurtis to be so scared at first he really has the touch. I will be on my last limb with frustration give him to Kurtis and he will have his asleep in 5mins. He really is an amazing father. And an amazing husband. I don't know what I would do without him.

One week down

One week down and on to the next. It is hard to believe that Kyson is here and has been in our home now for a week, in our lives for a week and 3 days. I knew that this was going to be hard. But it is mostly just the feeding that has gotten tough. He sure does look like his dad. And is th most adoreable thing. I could stare at him for hours. He smiles when he is sleeping. And can hold his head up SO well. He will just sit there and stare at you back sometimes too. I love it. But there are hard parts. Ones that I never thought I would have to deal with. The thought just never crosses my mind.

Breastfeeding
We have finally gotten over having to use a shield. He was bottle fed for the first 5 days of his life so he would only feed with a shield. But Sunday was a magical day. He started feeding with me. But that night also started him being fussy. Ever since 8pm that night every night now he gets fussy and wont eat. He will attach for about 2 mins then cry. And so on and so forth. I don’t know what to do about that other than let him cry it out. It takes about an hour to feed him with all of his fussiness.

Gas
He has horrible gas. I know that it is very painful for him. I have no idea as to what triggers it. He has been like that since before my breast milk. So it could very possibly be something other than me or it could be me. Any ideas on what helps?

Burping
He would burp like a beer guzzler when he was on formula. But now that he is on BM he rarely burps. I have to force it out of him. It takes a very long time.

All in all my biggest struggle…FEEDING! He does not feed as long as he should either. He falls asleep. So I have taken to tickling, blowing in his face, sprinkling water on him. Anything! And rarely does it work.

Sleeping
I have gotten it down that he will sleep every two to three hours during the day. But it seems like he doesn’t like his crib or something because he won’t sleep. I know right it takes time. He is only a week old. But it should start to get somewhat better right??

Now I may seem like I am complaining and unhappy. No. I am just a new mother. I keep telling myself that I am doing a good job but hormones. They are horrible! I must say I have to fight back those pointless tears a lot.

Kyson Is Here!!

Let me just start off by saying that it has been a LONG weekend, a joyous and beautiful experience. But at the same time, painful! It actually started on Thursday night. I was supposed to be induced on Friday; however, my water broke 11:30pm on Thursday. YAY! We thought that would make a shorter labor. WRONG! Oh so wrong. I was having good contractions but did not feel one of them. I was admitted by 12:30 am Friday. By 3pm I was feeling the contractions and asked for an epidural about 2 hours later. To my luck…it went out like 3 times. He had to keep injecting me. Then by 9pm he had to give me a brand spankin new epidural. I am not sure as to what times they checked me. But they were minimal because I started to run a fever and was at risk for infection. They started to give me antibiotics. So time went on. The second epidural started to fail and I was just about to say give me that c-section when she checked me and said I was a 7-8. So I powered on. By 3am Saturday I was 10centimeters and 100% effaced. YAY! BUT, my doctor was no where to be found. I started to feel the pressure and she found out when to expect him so I started to push. My mom was in the background with her eyes closed and pushing with me. She couldn’t handle seeing me in pain. Kurtis’ mom was kind enough to video tape a bit. FROM THE SIDE! He he he. We thought that my OB would be there by 4am. No show. A nurse walked in and pulled the one helping me push out of the room. Come to find out that Dr. Guzman would be another hour or so and that he was getting yelled at because she had direct orders to NOT let me push. Nice. Well she continues to have me push for another hour and a half. Tiny progress. She thought I was crowing but that is not what my OB said he got in the room. At 5:30am he checked me and was like…that is a cone of his head. You can continue to push but I would rather not. I was in SO much pain since my epi went out again I said, “I trust you get him out!” Thirty minutes later…I was wheeled into the OR and they gave me a spinal block. That was the best decision made. I was knocked out so the next thing I remember is Kurtis giving me a kiss with tears in his eyes and hearing Kyson crying. I was so out of it that I missed most of it. Then guess what….my spinal block started to go out. So he gave me morphine which only helped a tiny bit. Nice right? Just my luck! They stitched me up and sent me off to my room. Later we found that my OB had drawn a cowboy on my belly. Made me laugh! Its so cute. So now what you all are wondering…how big??

Kyson Duane Shepherd
8 pounds 13 Ounces
20 inchs long
Born at 6:24am

Jan 11th is the BIG DAY!

Alright peeps, the Doctor has spoken. I have one more appointment next week...they are going to call me and tell me when. lol Weird I know. Then Friday at 8am I am scheduled to be INDUCED! So that means he will probably be here on Saturday.

Oh and I am dialated to a 2!! And no contractions. Fancy that!