Life is pretty darn good

I could just stare at Finn all day. I love that he is here ALL the time! I don't have to worry about getting to the hospital by a certain time for him to eat or coordinating schedules with Jim for our evening visits and all that good stuff.

My milk supply is going to be the end of me. I hate "complaining" about having too much milk because I know a lot of women can't get enough. So, I'm not complaining. However, Finn doesn't eat enough to give me much relief, especially since he has to have three bottles a day. I've been trying just to pump an ounce each when I really have to instead of pumping a bottle full or until they are empty. Well, I thought they were going to pop this morning...not even kidding. I showed Jim how big and rock hard they were and it grossed him out (if you know Jim, not much grosses him out, especially when it has to do with boobs!). So, I decided to pump using the bigger bottles we have. I got 5 ounces each and probably could have gotten 2 ounces more! Crazy. Anyway, I am trying to hold off pumping as much as possible so my supply decreases a little bit. Now watch, in a couple months, I'll be complaining that I don't have enough (a real concern for me at this point...decreasing now and not having enough later on). Oh, well. These are all good problems to have.

Night #2 was MUCH better than night #1. We decided that it would be better for all three of us if Finn slept in his own room and bed. I've never really understood people who have their babies sleep in their rooms with them and now I know why. Babies are loud sleepers so I slept much better last night with Finn across the hall. We left the doors open and we had the baby monitor (and his apnea monitor), so I knew I'd know if something was wrong. I think all three of us got better sleep. So, the crib it is for Finn. I'll have to take a picture of him in it...he looks so little in that big crib!

We are still struggling with the germ thing. We have to be vigilant that Finn isn't around germs because germs that wouldn't hurt a full term baby can send Finn to the ER. This is hard for me because I've never been a germ freak or even worried about it at all. Now we have to wash our hands with soap and use purell all the time. At the hospital it was much easier, because you aren't at your house and there is a routine. We're getting better at it and now are just going to have to remember to remind visitors. So please don't be offended when we ask!