all week dean has been trying to adjust to taking care of boaz and Caleb mostly all alone. he says he feels like a single parent. I cant help out with Bo til my c-section heals, so i’m spending most of my time just caring for Zeke and trying to keep the house together.   A few days ago Dean looked crappy, he was grouchy and we all were arguing.  i couldnt figure out why he was having such a hard time taking care of the kids, I mean I do it all of the time, heck I did it while very pregnant and managed most days to still go lots done. By Friday night though Dean was in really bad shape and woke me on Saturday morning to ask me if I thought our drs office was open, I knew he must be really sick # 1 since he was going to the dr # 2 it was a freaking Saturday morning AND he was going to go to the dr.  Turns out Dean has strep throat. i feel bad for harassing him for not being able to care for the kids when I have always done it and gotten them cared for and the house in order, I know it’s harder for him because he’s just not used to it but on top of that he was getting sick.  So since he’s sick I’m trying to cut him some more slack, but I still have a hard time accepting that if I am not up and about doing my normal daily chores and stuff w/ the kids that things wont get done the way I want them.   I am anal about having a clean house but there has to be some middle balance between living in a pigsty and living in a fairly clean home.  needless to say I’ve been cleaning and doing laundry more than I should and have yet to suffer from it so until I feel worse I’ll probably continue to be stubborn and overdo things when I should be resting up due to my csection.
Dean is feeling a little better today which is good becuase I thought we’d never get through another day with him feeling the way he was, it was getting pretty ugly around here, we were all feeling grouchy and the house was looking like crap.  Our digital camera is dying thus the reason for not so many pics lately, we think we will need to have it repaired which will take a while, or so Dean says.  At least it’s still covered by a warranty.
So nothing new really going on….oh yeah, at Zeke’s follow up appt w/ the pediatrician on Friday morning he weighed 6 lbs 5 oz so he’s gaining well which is great since I’m nursing and dont know how much milk he’s getting.   He was also 20.5 inches long, the dr said the nurses at the hospital probably didnt stretch him out all of the way thus why they told us he was 18 in. long at birth.  She said preemies tend to scrunch themselves up a lot so we doubt he gained 2 inches in length in a week, just a simple mistake in measuring.  Which didnt suprise me too much since he looked longer to us than 18 in. and the other kids were both pretty long so I was suprised when they told us he was 18 in. long at birth.  So he’s a good sized baby, and seems to be doing well.   we went to church today and everyone, even people I dont know, wanted to hold him.  I forgot about that, had I remembered how strange people act around newborns I probably would have stayed home!!  But oh well, I needed some adult conversation and time out of this house or I was going to go nuts.
everyone keeps remarking on how good I am doing and how I shouldnt be up and about like I am. It’s funny, we had Caleb out and about on his first day home from the hospital.    Boaz wasnt long after that either.  Zeke of course wasnt out for his first outing til he was a week old just because he spent 6 days in the NICU.   So I know I probably would have been out sooner if we hadnt had to do the NICU stuff.  I dont know how women sit around after a c-section, for me I always felt worse the more I laid around.   The quicker you get up and about the better for recovery, or so that is my experience.   And since this is my 3rd time around I know what to expect and just like the other 2 times it’s not so bad.  for me the worst thing has been the almost constant headache i’ve had since the day Zeke was born.   Other than that and tiring easily I’m doing fine. better than Dean even since he’s sick!   I just wish people wouldnt treat me like I cant do things, i know I should probably be limiting myself more than I am but if I can keep up and not be in pain then I’m guessing it’s not hurting anything.
well Zeke decided to sleep most of yesterday and since about midnight last night has decided to nurse about every 2 hours, yesterday it was like every 4 sometimes even 5 hours.   So I feel like today all I’m doing is nursing and yesterday I was worrying about him not eating.   It’s not so bad but it’s annnoying that I think I am finished nursing for a few hours and shortly after he’s up and wanting to eat again, guess he’s making up for not eating much yesterday.
So here we are 10 days after Zeke was born and aside from the sicknesses dean and Bo had things are going well. Bo is finally sleeping through the night again, thank goodness! Poor Dean has been so sick he cant sleep well without taking nyquil and even then I think he was up some last night.   Caleb is doing well, he wants to always hold the baby and feed him.   I am doing alright, tired today but alright overall. So nothing much really going on here but somehow I managed a long entry for today…sorry for the randomness!
