On Thursday, May 16th at 10:22 in the morning Jake and I welcomed our little Mason Daniel into the world.
He weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces, was 20 inches long, and received 9 and 9 on his APGAR scores. We were so proud.
Although it has only been a week, the little guy has already stolen our sleep and our sanity - but mostly our hearts. We are so in love with the little Mason and cannot wait to see the plans God has for him in the future, but for now we are just trying to stay sane - especially this brand new mommy.
As far as our son goes, Mason is a wonderful baby boy! He is healthy and doing what all babies do in the first few weeks. Sleep. Eat. Poop. Fuss when getting a diaper change. Be adorable. And sleep some more. You would think with all that sleeping mommy and daddy would be sleeping too. Not so much. I think that is why God made babies so cute, because realistically if he acted this way and was not so gosh darn smile inducing there may have been a problem.
I was super skeptical about Baby Wise at first. Once I actually took the time to read the book (and not just the anti-baby wise content on google) I realized that it made a lot of sense and would not only help to provide stability for me and Jake but also for our little Mason. Who will hopefully be sleeping through the night by the time he is 8 weeks old. Finger crossed.
I will keep updating and posting on how our journey into parenthood is going! Hopefully I will be better at posting because once a month is not enough. Maybe this will become my distraction to keep me awake during those 1am feedings - at least that is what I am hoping for. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers!
Although it has only been a week, the little guy has already stolen our sleep and our sanity - but mostly our hearts. We are so in love with the little Mason and cannot wait to see the plans God has for him in the future, but for now we are just trying to stay sane - especially this brand new mommy.
I was warned about the sleepless nights, the demands of an infant and the crazy hormones, but the combination of all of these is way way more overwhelming than I ever imagined. Thank goodness for my husband and our family. Jake seems to have a better grasp on his sanity, but his hormones are not on a wild roller coaster ride. Either way, I feel so blessed that he can be home for another two weeks so we can adjust to having a new family member and mommy can feel a little bit more like herself before he returns to work.
We are working our way towards some semblance of a schedule by following 'On Becoming Baby Wise' - well mostly following it. This book was recommended to us by multiple parents and although we have not seen the results in our own little one we have seen how happy, healthy, and well rested the other families and little ones are and I am super pumped to put it into practice in our home.
I was super skeptical about Baby Wise at first. Once I actually took the time to read the book (and not just the anti-baby wise content on google) I realized that it made a lot of sense and would not only help to provide stability for me and Jake but also for our little Mason. Who will hopefully be sleeping through the night by the time he is 8 weeks old. Finger crossed.I will keep updating and posting on how our journey into parenthood is going! Hopefully I will be better at posting because once a month is not enough. Maybe this will become my distraction to keep me awake during those 1am feedings - at least that is what I am hoping for. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers!
Mama Mia out.
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