So yesterday afternoon Derek went to go get Dreycin and my dad to bring them to the hospital to meet baby Bronson. Derek and I had already been thinking ahead and got both the boys gifts to give to one another. Dreycin walked in to the room, and in most of the articles I read it said it was best that mom or dad not be holding baby so that the toddler will feel more comfortable....so thats what I did. Dreycin climbed right up into the bed with me and gave me kisses and then I showed him "His baby." He really wasnt interested and when I lifted the baby out of the crib for us to hold, he pushed him away. So, i thought ok we gotta break out the gifts. So we gave Dreycin his bag from the baby, it had an airplane on it (he's obsessed just slightly with trucks, car, planes, etc right now) and he opened it. We decided to get him a Fisher price kid tough digital camera (ages 3-5 but I knew he could figure it out) and the intention behind that is so Dreycin could take pictures of "his baby" (another thing i found in the literature reiterate that the baby is the child's to help them form an even closer bond.) Dreycin was elated, he was saying cheese and taking pictures of everyone in the room including the baby. That is when Dreycin began to open up, and even gave the baby a kiss. Its a work in progress. But I was so happy because our friend Jessica was here to capture all the cute moments of their first encounter!
Today Dreycin came back with just Daddy around lunch time....thats the sacrifice you also take when you become mom of 2, one parent shuffles back and forth from kids to wife....and mom does it all in the hospital. I think I may have slept a total of 6hrs in the last 48hrs, but its ok im still alive. Dreycin was more apt to hold the baby today, but about after 1min it was boring to him and he said all done! Like I said its a work in progress, what I really love is that Bronson can sleep through Dreycin's talking and jibber jabbering, running around the room so that will defn play in our favor. I mean who can get mad at a toddler for being a toddler? Ive already told myself Im not going to be telling Dreycin to be quiet all the time, and my hope is that Bronson is already use to all that from being around Dreycin everyday while he was in my belly.
After this pregnancy & delivery, im scared......to have more kids, to not have it like this one was. It was pleasant, beautiful, easy. And I can tell that having two boys will work in our favor, they will be like two peas in a pod, a bond that will never break. I cant wait to watch my boys grow up together. I feel like this time I know what to expect, I know how to breastfeed, Im more confident as a mother and a wife, and have been able to adjust to being a SAHM. I already feel my energy coming back, and I know I will need it and at times it may be hard but I am so glad we choose to have the boys close together. We are now a beautiful family of 4.
As for my recovery, oh my gosh I hate to brag but I am up walking around, taking showers, doing it all. A little sore, lots of uterine cramping but overall 110% better than last time. It makes me think back to when I was working as a social worker, and would get a consult for a woman in the hospital by herself and I needed to assess her support system. Well now i know you do what you need to do, alone or because your significant other is taking care of kids at home? We will get to go home tomorrow, little Bronson's pediatrician wanted to keep him until tomorrow morning and plus he got his circ today. I know im ready to go home to my bed, and be in our home. Well here comes Derek with my food.....because breastfeeding makes me HUNGRYYYYYY!!!!!
I think I'm going to steal the camera gift idea!
ReplyDeleteI love that I get to read you going through this before me so I kind of have an idea of what to expect! :)
I'm so happy for yall Cindy and yay for a speedy recovery!
Such a beautiful & perfect family yall have!