Well, that was hard. Harder than I expected. It’s strange to go from spending almost every waking and non-waking moment with someone to leaving them for 10 hours of the day. Elliot was courteous and gave me a 4.5 hour block and then a 2.5 hour block. He wanted breakfast at 5:15, which worked out well since I had planned to get up at 6. I was able to get him back to sleep and have plenty of time to get myself ready. I pumped before I left and put his bottle in the refrigerator with the date and the inscription “Love, Mommy.” Then I kissed Logan and him goodbye and I was off. The radio in the car played “I Wanna Rock and Roll All Nite” which fortunately is not what Elliot and I did last night. At least on the rocking aspect. Hopefully he will get a good roll in today.
Gingy is here to help us with the transition. Today she, Logan, and Elliot spent the morning at Logan’s office, where Elliot actually slept most of the time while Logan got some work done. He took his bottle without too much issue except that he is not drinking quite so much as we expected. With nursing there is not really anyway to tell how much he is eating except by how long he has been latched on. And he likes to latch on for quite awhile sometimes, though less often now. He is still gaining weight and seems satisfied which is the main thing.
I did not have conference today at lunch, so I went to Aubrey’s with my family for lunch. It was so great to see Elliot! I helped feed him a bottle and hugged and kissed him as much as I could. It was wonderful!
Yesterday we took Elliot to the Ijam’s Nature Center. Uncle Tom took a bunch of pictures!
I carried him around in the Bjorn first.
Then Logan carried him for awhile… like a football…
Enjoyed all poets
Elliot is growing so big and beautiful!
FYI Auntie Cathy did see him several times and really loved it!
M want a lot to me.
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