Ok good morning. Well everyone was right. the nights are rough. well not for me i sleep very well but my poor Sarah is upp all night. You see our kid has a big appitite. Well since I dont really experience it I'll let Sarah tell you about it.
Well, since Chad and I are big eaters, he pretty much wants to eat all night long. He chows down on one side for like 15 min and falls asleep while he is eating. He sleeps good for about 5 min and then decides he is still hungry and wants the other boob. So he chows down on that side and falls asleep while eating and then we both lay down on the couch and he falls completely asleep for about 45 min and then he wakes us up cause he is hungry AGAIN! Since he eats so much, my boobs have gotten HUGE, they feel like balloons that are about to pop sometimes. Chad laughs every time he latches on cause I yell OUCH everytime cause my nips are so tender. They are getting better now, but yesterday they were so sensitive.
Chad wants me to talk about how Jacob saves all his nasty stinky gas for me. I can always tell its coming cause he starts to hold his breath to push and he sticks his booty out and then BOOM, BIG BOMBER all over me and then I hand him over to Chad to be changed :)
He is so cute and has been a wonderful baby and it is all worth it in the end. It has been such a exciting time and experience being a mom.
Chad: It's been so funny when he farts because he can lay with me for hours and never get gassy but as soon as Sarah grabs him he farts so loud and they stink so bad Sarah can't breath. So I change a majority of the diapers. I figure its the least I can do plus Im faster than Sarah at it. Well have a good day and we will talk to you soon to give more scoop from the Jensens.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Jacob's Homecoming
Well we are wrapping up the first day of Jacob's first day at home. The first night was a little rough. The doctor said that he would start to come out of his groggy stage and want to eat. The Nurse said once every 2-3 hours. Well our big ol boy wanted to eat every 1/2 hour to 45 minutes all night! Sarah's nips are so sore. I tried to let him suck my nips but he didnt like the hair. Just kidding.
Sarah fed almost all night and handed him to me a couple of times when she needed a break.
Anyway he was a star all day as we put him on camera for his family in Tx and Jen up in Oregon. Jen's daughter said she was trying to reach and grab jacob off the screen. He slept most of the afternoon and so did Sarah. People keep asking how her healing is going and she would say its going ok. today she fought a the battle that all woen fight after have natural childbirth. It was the birth of the toilet. Nothing seemed to work but she finally got it figured out and has felt great for the rest of the day. We are going to watch the suns here in a few and then we will update you again tomorrow as to any new stories. Until then we anticipate some big gassy bombs all night . Like father like son!
Sarah fed almost all night and handed him to me a couple of times when she needed a break.
Anyway he was a star all day as we put him on camera for his family in Tx and Jen up in Oregon. Jen's daughter said she was trying to reach and grab jacob off the screen. He slept most of the afternoon and so did Sarah. People keep asking how her healing is going and she would say its going ok. today she fought a the battle that all woen fight after have natural childbirth. It was the birth of the toilet. Nothing seemed to work but she finally got it figured out and has felt great for the rest of the day. We are going to watch the suns here in a few and then we will update you again tomorrow as to any new stories. Until then we anticipate some big gassy bombs all night . Like father like son!
FIrst Nights at the Hospital
Well the the first night at the hospital everyone asks about So I thought I'd share. It actually was great. Sarah's friend Jen thought we were nuts but we took advantage of the nursery. They took him and brought him back when he was hungry. We got to sleep which Sarah definatly needed. It was a Godsend, but....
The second night however was not so good. Jason and Kim came by and held him and cuddled him and I guess he must have been hungry or something but he got very gassy. So when they left we tried to feed him but he fought Sarah tooth and nail. I knew something wasn't right because I swaddled him and he usually loves that. This time he just cried. I did all his favorite stuff but he just wasn't having it. We battled for 4 hours trying to get the gas out and feed him. The nurse really wasn't any help and that was kinda confusing because the nurse we had previously was awesome. Shout out to you BETH! So we decided to get a little formula in him just to get food in him. Then we sent him back to the nursery. We were both so worn out emotionally. Sarah was frustrated thinking she was doing something wrong. I couldnt get the gas out . It was just all wrong and getting tense. We said lets just get him in the nursey let them take care of him. We will get throught the night and when Beth and the nursing consulatnt come in the morning we will deal with it then.
That was the best thing we did. The next morning was like magic. The nursing consultant came in waved her magic wand and poof he took the nip. Switched sides and poof he did it again. Later on we had some issues but then Beth came in and she waved her magic wand and sprinkled some magic Good nurse from the west dust on it it and poof he took again.
Needless to say Sarah asked to take the magic wand home and a bag of pixie dust incase we needed to use it again. Since then the boy sees nips just like all boys , yum yum.
HE sleeps great except he is a huge twitcher. He jumps in his slep. but I like it because I dont have to check for he breath all the time. I guess be just have get home and see what happens.
The second night however was not so good. Jason and Kim came by and held him and cuddled him and I guess he must have been hungry or something but he got very gassy. So when they left we tried to feed him but he fought Sarah tooth and nail. I knew something wasn't right because I swaddled him and he usually loves that. This time he just cried. I did all his favorite stuff but he just wasn't having it. We battled for 4 hours trying to get the gas out and feed him. The nurse really wasn't any help and that was kinda confusing because the nurse we had previously was awesome. Shout out to you BETH! So we decided to get a little formula in him just to get food in him. Then we sent him back to the nursery. We were both so worn out emotionally. Sarah was frustrated thinking she was doing something wrong. I couldnt get the gas out . It was just all wrong and getting tense. We said lets just get him in the nursey let them take care of him. We will get throught the night and when Beth and the nursing consulatnt come in the morning we will deal with it then.
That was the best thing we did. The next morning was like magic. The nursing consultant came in waved her magic wand and poof he took the nip. Switched sides and poof he did it again. Later on we had some issues but then Beth came in and she waved her magic wand and sprinkled some magic Good nurse from the west dust on it it and poof he took again.
Needless to say Sarah asked to take the magic wand home and a bag of pixie dust incase we needed to use it again. Since then the boy sees nips just like all boys , yum yum.
HE sleeps great except he is a huge twitcher. He jumps in his slep. but I like it because I dont have to check for he breath all the time. I guess be just have get home and see what happens.
Amazing Day! Jacob enters the world
Well we just got home from the hospital. man that was the craziest experience ever! Things people dont tell you. I may actually do a blog for that for the people that don't have kids. Thats another story in itself.
Sarah started feeling pressure about 9:30 on the 19th , the actual due date. We went for walks and many other things to get this show on the road. Finally after a long walk she started feeling contractions every 3-5 minutes for about 2 hours. So she got nervous. We called everyone and even the doctor said to go down to the hospital. So we jumped in tthe car and low and behold when we got there they pains went away. we walk around the perimeter of the hotel to try to jump start them but to no avail. She said well lets just go get a check up and see since we are here then we can leave. We left soon after that, like 2 days because along came a new face into the world.
From the time she got her epidural to the time Jacob shot into the world was about 7 hours, but we entered the hospital afte the walk at midnight the night before. From the time we were admited to the time Jacob came was about 14 hours. Sarah only pushed for about 45 minutes. She had a mirror that she could look at. she said it helped tremedously. She only pushed for 45 minutes and when she finally saw the head she gave one push that lasted like alomost 60 seconds. he went from crown to feets in 60 seconds. Kinda like the movie gone in 60 seconds. Maybe he'll be a racecar driver or something.
Wow he came out and they shoved him in my face. I say it like that because the poor guy looked like gollum from lord of the rings or that thing in the 80's flick "total recall" as Luke said. Now all babies that come natually have a misshaped head but not Jacob. It was perfect. Perfectly jacked up! He had a lump that came off the side of his head so big the doctor jumped. She even got excited and said measure that it's huge. It thought it was a tumor or something so when He was in my face I was taken back for a second but not only long enough to pull out the cell phone came and snap a pick to send all waiting.
After he came out they spent the next 20 minutes sewing Sarah up. Because she pushed so hard the doctor had to use a lot of stitches. I want to spare Sarah of being embarassed but the doctor even started that she would have done it differently if she had know it would have been that bad.
For anyone that has been through this experience you know I obviously left out some very gruesome details but you can ask and we will talk about it.
He came into the world 22 inches (23 with wired bump on the side of his head) and 9.50 lbs. Everyone says he looks like me. I dont know I just know its wierd that I'm a freakin dady. How cool!
Sarah started feeling pressure about 9:30 on the 19th , the actual due date. We went for walks and many other things to get this show on the road. Finally after a long walk she started feeling contractions every 3-5 minutes for about 2 hours. So she got nervous. We called everyone and even the doctor said to go down to the hospital. So we jumped in tthe car and low and behold when we got there they pains went away. we walk around the perimeter of the hotel to try to jump start them but to no avail. She said well lets just go get a check up and see since we are here then we can leave. We left soon after that, like 2 days because along came a new face into the world.
From the time she got her epidural to the time Jacob shot into the world was about 7 hours, but we entered the hospital afte the walk at midnight the night before. From the time we were admited to the time Jacob came was about 14 hours. Sarah only pushed for about 45 minutes. She had a mirror that she could look at. she said it helped tremedously. She only pushed for 45 minutes and when she finally saw the head she gave one push that lasted like alomost 60 seconds. he went from crown to feets in 60 seconds. Kinda like the movie gone in 60 seconds. Maybe he'll be a racecar driver or something.
Wow he came out and they shoved him in my face. I say it like that because the poor guy looked like gollum from lord of the rings or that thing in the 80's flick "total recall" as Luke said. Now all babies that come natually have a misshaped head but not Jacob. It was perfect. Perfectly jacked up! He had a lump that came off the side of his head so big the doctor jumped. She even got excited and said measure that it's huge. It thought it was a tumor or something so when He was in my face I was taken back for a second but not only long enough to pull out the cell phone came and snap a pick to send all waiting.
After he came out they spent the next 20 minutes sewing Sarah up. Because she pushed so hard the doctor had to use a lot of stitches. I want to spare Sarah of being embarassed but the doctor even started that she would have done it differently if she had know it would have been that bad.
For anyone that has been through this experience you know I obviously left out some very gruesome details but you can ask and we will talk about it.
He came into the world 22 inches (23 with wired bump on the side of his head) and 9.50 lbs. Everyone says he looks like me. I dont know I just know its wierd that I'm a freakin dady. How cool!
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