A Maggie Post

Wow, it's amazing how fast time has gone by! In an attempt to maintain some privacy without making this blog private, I am choosing not to talk about certain things regarding Maggie's birth, including the exact day she was born or her full name. Let me just say, however, that things went extremely quickly with her birth. I was dilated to a 5 when I checked in to the hospital and went from a 6 to a 9 within 20 minutes. She was born when I had been there not even 3 hours (I only had to push through 2 contractions and was like, "What? She came out already?"). Things went pretty smoothly; however, she had poor color and a hard time breathing when she was born, so they had to whisk her away to the nursery to make sure she was all right. I didn't really get to hold her for the first three hours of her life, but I have since made up for it. :)

Jared's first time holding Maggie


Our first family picture. This was the best we could get Jared to look.

These past couple of weeks have been WAY better than I expected. Things were REALLY hard the first few weeks of Jared's life, so I was expecting them to be just as crazy again. However, other than a few glitches here and there (including jaundice and a bili blanket for Maggie for a few days and lots of wet underpants for Jared), things have been pretty good. Alan was home on paternity leave for a week, and my mom and mother-in-law have been around to help, too. We'll see how I feel when I am REALLY on my own.

My recovery feels like it's going much faster than with Jared, breastfeeding is TONS easier than it was with Jared, and Maggie also seems to be less maintenance than Jared was. She will let us put her down on bouncers, etc, instead of having to hold her all the time! Also, she has been pretty good about not being awake for hours at a time in the middle of the night. I hope she continues to do so!

Our little "glowworm." This is when Maggie had to be plugged into to wall for her jaundice. I'm not sure why it was called a bili blanket--it doesn't look like a blanket at all. From what I understand, the bili blanket is far less stressful than the bili bed that some of my friend's babies have had to lie on! At least we could still hold her!

So far Jared has been such a good big brother. He keeps on pointing out how cute his little sister's features are: "Look at her cute little nose! her cute little dimples! her cute little feet!" and always says "I love my baby sister!" It probably helps that Maggie "gave" Jared this awesome tent and tunnel set when she came home from the hospital:

Here is a picture from just a few days ago. I will try to find time to post more!

Thanks, Aunt Shawna, for the dress!