Tyler Chronicles: Two Days Old

Mommy's beautiful girl!

Sleeping in my hospital bassinet.

Very chubby cheeks which are great for kisses!

Daddy is very tired. Hospitals are the least restful place (especially for a light sleeper)

Hanging out with daddy

Tyler hanging out in her boppy. Being two days old is absolutely exhausting. Brian and I thought we were the luckiest people on earth in terms of having a good (i.e. non-crying) baby....boy did we speak too soon. We had a number of visitors today and everything was okay until late afternoon. Then Tyler started crying and routing around constantly....I tried breastfeeding her for the rest of the day but she would not latch on....everytime we tried she would get more frustrated than the time before and she would cry even more. Finally at the nurse shift change we got a great nurse that saw how exhausted I was and worked with me, Brian, and Tyler on breastfeeding (and ultimately supplimenting with formula).

I guess Tyler...just like mom becomes a very unhappy girl when she is hungry. She was not getting enough to eat breastfeeding and was too impatient to latch correctly. We solved the problem short-term and now we have to keep working on it.