A week into the dream

Kaylin Lee Mixon
Weight: 6.1 lbs


Wow! It has been a week since we brought our sweet Kaylin home! And what a week.  We have entertained numerous friends and family at our house and even ventured out on a couple of outings to see others.  Things are going well and we are all adjusting.  It is still surreal, having her home.  One day we didn't have a baby, then BAM, the next day we did! But it was the best BAM :) K came home on a 3 hour eating schedule and sleeping really well.  We have managed to stick with the feeding, but the sleeping seems to be not going as well.  I have heard numerous thoughts on the subject - spoiling babies.  We know how important it is to bond with baby and help her to feel loved and at home.  So we have loved on her and held her and it is wonderful.  I could snuggle her 24/7.  But it is getting more difficult for her to sleep in her big crib by herself after being held all day! We are doing what most parents do, figuring out what will work, one night at a time.  We have bumped up the thermostat, dressed her more warmly, tried swaddling and not swaddling.  Tonight's trick will be getting some music and white noise playing for her.
Overall, we are loving being parents.  Mark has been super busy at work, but he comes home and spends time with K.  He does the 2am feeding, so I take the 11pm and the 5am, and usually any wake ups in between.  It has worked well, and if we can get her back to sleeping at night, it will be even better.  So many people have visited us and brought gifts and food, it has been awesome.  I have learned that the best thing you can give a new mommy is a meal!
I am really enjoying dressing this sweet girl up in her outfits.  She is still so tiny, she only fits in newborn and premie clothes, but she has plenty to grow into.  We did her newborn pics and those turned out so great.  I have to sit down and order some, then figure out what frames to put them in! It is probably time I changed out some pictures in our house anyways.
So now we continue to adjust to this brand new little life.  In two weeks we will head to the beach, our annual trip to Edisto.  We are really looking forward to that.  With so many friends and baby sitters at hand, it will be a great week.  K doesn't have to go back to the doctor until her two month check up in July.  We do go for her follow up eye exam on Friday and her head and hip scans on Wednesday of next week.  The scans are normal for babies who are breach.  The eye exam is a follow up because her initial one show up premature, which makes sense because she is premature!!