So I decided to start posting actual blog posts rather than just uploading pictures. This was my original intent for this blog anyways, but I was too caught up in the "no one cares what I have to say and it will all sound dumb" mindset. But I no longer care if anyone else cares or if it sounds dumb, because there are too many small daily occurrences that I would like to be able to look back on in the future and remember. Especially because with my lack of sleep at this point, there are a lot of things I cannot remember from one day to the next.
To start off with, I just want to document how hard this new baby thing has been. I'm sure it was very hard with Katelyn, and I have some memory of it, but I don't remember it being this difficult. I don't know if that's because with all the sleep deprivation in the beginning and the amount of time that has passed, I just forget... or if she really wasn't as difficult. So far, Ethan only enjoys two things - sleeping and eating. If he is not doing either of those things, he is really fussy and grunts all the time (even in his sleep). He has this high pitched ear-piercing scream that breaks your heart to hear, and that happens very often when he is awake and not eating. A big part of the reason he is always so fussy is that he has SO.MUCH.GAS. I've talked to the pediatrician about this, and she said babies digestive systems are still developing, so it will get better, and she is not concerned at all because Ethan is gaining weight like a champ. And to be fair, he does have a little more chill awake time everyday. But I have yet to see the really happy baby that I saw all the time when Katelyn was young, and I SOOO want that. So, here's to hoping over the next few days and weeks that Ethan will become a super chill happy baby who no longer needs to use his heart-breaking screech.
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