Ricky has been back to work a couple days now. I was a little freaked out (maybe still am a little) with the 4:1 ratio when he is gone. The Littles have been wonderful and so helpful and Truette is a really easy baby but my pain is just now where I don't have to take ibuprofen so I'm not 100% yet. In this house even before Truette, it's go, go, go. For things to run smoothly we have a set schedule and routine for everything. It's been hard to do that with the hard recovery. I feel like next week will be a lot better. We are dealing with a huge bump in the road right now. Brody and Gracie caught a horrible virus that is highly contagious from school late last week so the Pediatrician said we have to keep the isolated so we don't all catch what they have. That is hard but we are managing. Because they are so sick and I'm still not 100%, the kids and I stayed home while Ricky took Madi to her T-ball game today. He said she was really upset after the first inning because I wasn't there. I feel so bad about not being there but there really wasn't any choice.
Truette is really such a blessing to our family. We are so lucky to have her. She sleeps about 23+ hours per day. She only cries when she is hungry, getting a diaper change, or a bath. She slept 6 hours straight last night. It was the first night I didn't wake her to feed her. It's totally different having a closer to term baby with no health problems. It's actually taking some getting use to and I can't help but be on alert 24/7 with her. Ricky keeps assuring me that it's a total different experience this time around because she is healthy and has been from the start but it's hard because I'm use to everything being a struggle. She lost some weight after she was born which they say is completely normal but I'm so freaked out about it I've stuck to a really strict feeding schedule because I'm terrified she won't be on the growth charts (something we still struggle with very badly with the triplets). Anyway, I'm struggling with trying to find the balance. I often think, wow, this is what everyone else experiences when they have a healthy term baby; how lucky. And then I am just so thankful to have this. It's so stress free!
We have such a busy week ahead. I still can't drive until my appointment on Thursday and I get the ok from my doctor so it makes it a little more difficult. Brody and Gracie have their annual ARD on Thursday morning and Madi also has T-ball practice so it'll be an exhausting day. Ricky and I both need to register for summer classes at some point this week and I need to get caught up on the laundry list of to do's around here. I am super excited to get our pictures done this coming weekend but I need to figure out what everyone is going to wear and go buy it.
In non important news I gained a total of 14 pounds with Truette (no worries I looked like Shamu) and I've lost 20 pounds 9 days after delivery! I am super pump about that! I feel like a dairy cow every day but I'll take it!
I'll check in soon.
KP
