Here we are, one month after the birth of Maisyn, and I wanted to share how our life has changed and update how she’s doing.
Week 1: Like I explained in the NICU post, Maisyn’s first week of life was spent at the hospital, which in turn meant parts of our days were also spent at the hospital. I also had my tubes tied two days after Maisyn was born and was using her NICU time as my recovery time when I wasn’t visiting her. I had a terrible time in recovery & had a rough couple of days after my surgery.
Week 2: Her first weekend home with us was spent Christmas shopping and she was such a trooper. The older girls still had school Monday & Tuesday before Christmas. Wednesday was spent baking Christmas goodies while Maisyn slept in her bouncy seat. We then went to my sister-in-laws to spend Christmas Eve with Mr. Chaotic’s family.
Week 3: Christmas morning we opened our gifts & then spent most of the day trying to tame the chaos of toys. Later in the afternoon, Mr. Chaotic’s parents came over for prime rib dinner. We had Maisyn’s first doctor’s visit December 29th. She was up to 9 lbs, 10 oz. The pediatrician had to cauterize Maisyn’s belly button as it had been oozing since the day the umbilical cord fell off.
Week 4: Having time off from school & the older girls spending time at Grandma’s kind of threw us off schedule a bit as I took advantage and used my mornings for sleep. Not that Maisyn is sleep depriving me. She’s a champ when it comes to sleeping. Still on schedule as expected…eat, sleep, awake, eat, sleep, awake. Every four hours almost on the nose. We were supposed to go to a New Year’s Eve Party, however we decided to skip out as influenza has been going around like crazy here and I don’t want to expose Maisyn. Girls head back to school, except Kinley, who has pink eye. Headed back to pediatrician for Kinley’s pink eye and to have Maisyn’s belly button cauterized again. It’s still oozing.
Week 5: Kinley finally heads back to school and Bode, Maisyn, and I try to get into a routine. Maisyn starts sleeping for 5-6 hour stretches during the night. Days are spent being a little more awake. If I’m not holding her, Bode is begging to hold her or she spends time in her bouncer seat, which she doesn’t seem to mind.
Miss Maisyn also seems to think it’s okay to suck her thumb. She has never cared for her pacifier, however, I do not want her to be a thumb sucker. I’ve heard one too many horror stories about how hard it is to break that habit once it becomes necessary. It’s hard enough to get rid of the pacifier, I can’t imagine how to stop thumb sucking. It’s not like it can be cut off & tossed in the garbage the way a pacifier can. Also the stories about the damage thumb sucking does to the child’s teeth. I truly don’t want to have Maisyn endure that.
Talk to me:
-- Did you have a good Christmas & New Year’s break?
-- Do/did you “allow” your child(ren) to suck their thumbs? Was it a hard habit to break? Were there any dental issues?
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