First round of baby photos!

Our first three days and nights at home with Cole have been amazing. Not always very easy on the ears or alertness levels, but definitely full of love and new experiences along with some crying and lots of diapers and laundry!

We had our first outing on Thursday, to the Doctor's office. Cole has started to regain the weight he lost after birth and he only had a touch of jaundice, so the Doctor wasn't worried. He didn't even poop on the scale (Cole, that is, not the Doctor), which looked like a distinct possibility, given the fact that when he started filling those diapers earlier that day, it looked like it was his favourite thing to do!

We managed to make a couple pit stops (Capers, drug store) for a few essentials - me dashing around the store like a weirdo while Jamie broke the City's idling laws and kept the car running. Cole loves sitting in his car seat once the car is on (so far, anyway) and he sleeps through all the bumps and shifts. To get him to and from the car we are using our Peanut Shell sling. He really loves to be nestled inside it.

For the first night or two (or whatever - they blend together) he was a bit fussy for sleeping and we let him sleep on us quite a bit just so we could rest. Jamie was able to get him to sleep in the crib on Thursday night and we were able to catch some zzz's together. We were feeling pretty good about our skills after that day - an outing, a bath, sleeping in the crib...

But Friday was a day of great challenges for all three of us. Cole would not sleep during the day in his crib or anyplace else really at all and cried all day long, whenever he wasn't feeding, that is! Through some miracle though, he actually turned around at bedtime and slept for three consecutive three-hour shifts between feedings. Sweet relief!!! We are keeping our fingers crossed that we are learning some good techniques and we can repeat this again!

Mr. Cole says "No more pictures Mommy," on his rough day.