Newborn "Honeymoon" Stage :)

I subscribe to a weekly email that updates me on helpful information for Andrew based on the number of weeks he is.  I wanted to share this portion of the email from a couple weeks ago because it was exactly how I felt (particularly the parts in red).

"Not only are you recovering from birth during these first two weeks, you are also becoming your baby’s mother, and that takes energy too. You will learn much of what you need to know simply by keeping your baby close, watching and loving him. During the first two weeks postpartum, your arms, breasts, voice, scent, and motion are your baby’s home, just as your womb was during pregnancy.
As your baby’s immature nervous system learns to regulate his heartbeat, breathing, appetite, and temperature, he needs your help eating, burping, staying warm, waking, and going to sleep. Even though your baby exists outside your body now, you are still not quite separate people. This feeling of oneness can be a powerful sort of bliss—or it can feel frighteningly limiting.Experienced mothers would tell you that babies grow up and become independent all too soon. They are newborns for just a few weeks, changing and maturing every day. Immersing yourself in his tiny world is okay. The outside world, and the rest of your life, will wait until you both are ready to meet it."


I seriously LOVE the newborn stage!  He's about 3 1/2 weeks now and getting cuter and cuter everyday.  But I fear that the newborn "honeymoon" is about over.  Especially considering the number of times he woke up last night!  AND the fact that we can't figure out which (if any) binky that he likes.  AND he is a super slow nurser still.  Good thing he's so dang cute.


Andrew's nicknames:  bud, buddy, pumpkin, brother, and last night's latest edition, punk :)