First Weeks

The first few weeks of my sons life were (so far) the hardest, most rewarding, most stressful days of my life. The first night we were home, he was up every 2 hours, sometimes every hour, and we were exhausted. Luckily my mom was there for the first two weeks, and we got to catch some shuteye during the day. Well Shaun got to catch some shuteye, I didn't get much sleep at first because I was "exclusively breastfeeding". It wasn't until a week later I started pumping so other people could feed him and give me a break.

After the first week of having him home, my mom noticed symptoms of PPD (postpartum depression) coming from me and urged me to see the doctor. I was in denial for a little while, as I hate taking pills, but I ended up going and being prescribed Zoloft. It was a life saver, that is for sure.

Let me catch you up to where Jacoby is now (5 months old tomorrow). I stopped breastfeeding after 3 weeks because I thought I had a job, which ended up falling through. At the 6 week mark, Jacoby started waking up only once or twice at night instead of every two hours, which was perfect timing because I started working again, smiling, and a little cooing. By two months old, we started moving into our new house and out of our apartment, and at about the same time Jacoby started sleeping 8-12 hours straight. By 3 months old he was rolling over from belly to back and "talking"/laughing. By 4 months old he started giggling, and a little after started rolling from back to belly. He says dadadadada, but he doesn't know what he is saying, he is just babbling. Yesterday he ate his first two whole jars of baby food, sweet potatoes and applesauce. Today he had peas, which I don't think he liked as well. You are supposed to wait 3-4 days in between baby food flavors to make sure he isn't allergic but I didn't know that until recently. No allergies so far.