With the number of pictures that have been taken of Caleb in his 12 days of life, I’m afraid he might get an inflated ego. As you can see in the gallery, we’ve been taking pictures constantly (more to come tonight). Since so many of our family and friends live too far away to visit, this site makes for a wonderful way to keep everyone up to date on events.
Gamma leaves tomorrow, meaning that Heather and I have to figure out how to fend for ourselves. Thankfully, Nana Gail is planning on heading over to help us out some this week. I think Heather and I are going a bit crazy with the prospect of taking care of Caleb 24/7. Don’t get me wrong… it is an absolute joy to have him in our arms and to spend time with him each day. However, it will be nice when we get to a regular feeding schedule that involves more than 30 minutes of nap time between feedings. For those not in the know… this is a breakdown of the typical schedule when baby is 10-12 days old:
12 (midnight) – begin feeding
1 am – just finishing feeding due to baby falling asleep 6 times on each breast
1:30 am – baby is finally asleep after diaper change and much rocking – nap time
2:00 am – baby begins to stir from hunger – wake from nap
2:30 am – baby is wide awake and ready to feed – begin feeding
3:30 am – just finishing feeding due to baby falling asleep 6 times on each breast
4:00 am – baby is finally asleep after diaper change and much rocking – nap time
4:30 am – baby begins to stir from hunger – wake from nap
5:00 am – baby is wide awake and ready to feed – begin feeding
6:00 am – baby falls asleep at end of feeding (hooray!) and has pee’d all over creation
6:30 am – baby is asleep again after diaper change (hooray!) – nap
8:30 am – wake in a panic because baby is still asleep and has given you 2 hours of blissful snoring
etc, etc, etc.
I hear that at some point, he’ll be sleeping through the night. This wonderful event will be celebrated in the historic Lawrence manner… passed down from father to son… involving much red meat, a grill, and some dancing. This will all be followed by a deep sleep, lasting at least 4 hours (hooray!). The male members of the family will most likely fall asleep on the couch, and will protect the rest of the family from the loud animals that seem to be snoring under the couch. There will be much rejoicing.