Hadley's First Month Recap

The first night Hadley was home Matt and I did not sleep. I had the pack 'n play pulled up right next to my side of the bed, I stacked up pillows so I could see into it. I had the bathroom light on, a plug in nightlight, her Angelcare monitor nightlight on.. poor girl no wonder none of us could sleep - a plane could have easily landed in our room with all those lights! I just cannot even explain the anxiety I felt that no one would be watching her while we slept. We had planned on her rooming in with us at the hospital and she did the night I delivered (and I didn't sleep at all that night), but since she had jaundice she had to stay in the nursery after that and they would bring her to me every three hours to nurse. I could actually sleep during those times because I knew she was being taken care of.

After a few sleepless nights due to my own anxiety I was so happy my mom came over to babysit. I just couldn't completely rest if no one was watching her. I am sure every new mom feels this way. It is overwhelming to know that you are completely responsible for this tiny precious little life. I had done my research for the best baby monitor on the market and Judy and Toni bought it for us. It is the Angelcare Deluxe Monitor system. I would highly recommend it to any new mom. Since Hadley was born two weeks early we had not set it up yet. It took a couple of days after she was home before we read the manual and set it up. After that I slept so peacefully (in between her crying and feedings). There is a movement pad that you put under the mattress and if your baby stops breathing it sets off an alarm. It happened to us once and it was a false alarm.. she had just unswaddled herself and rolled to the end of the bed. Our little Houdini!

We had many visitors come see Miss Hadley. Stacy and Becky cooked us lots of meals, the Crosby's brought over dinner, all the grandparents brought us food and held her (must have been miserable for them ;-)), the Abbotts, the Aus, Stacy McNeil, Hugo, Hannah, Brooklyn, Rachel, Todd, Lauren, and Jessica all came by to see her. We had a wonderful impromptu Kannady family reunion. It was great to see everyone (minus a few) all together! Mike, Peggy, Vicki, Candy, Dawn, Ross, Fernanda and David spoiled her with hugs and kisses and many MANY gifts!

Doctors Appointments

5 days old: We had to go in for a jaundice and weight check. She weight 6 lbs 11 oz and had to have her blood taken to check the billiruben level. It was going down so we were happy!

1 week old: Weight check and general check up. She weighed 6 lbs 11 oz still. In great general health!

2 weeks old: 2 week check up. She weighed 7 lbs 6 oz! Yay! We were so happy she put on 11 whole oz in a week! 

2 weeks and 5 days: She had a terrible couple of days and the night before was the worst she cried 4 hours straight and on and off for 2 more hours. Matt and I called the on call doctor in the middle of the night - we were so worried about her. The next day I took her in and they said it sounds like acid reflux and colic. She told us if we give her Maalox and it instantly calms her down then it was acid reflux. Well to say the least Maalox is now called magic milk in our house! Instantly she calmed down! So we started her on Prevacid daily and it has helped so much!

Hadley's first real bath:

Check out that left hand.. go ahead and
let us know how you really feel about it!

This part is much better,
but I am still a little unsure.

First photo shoot: (2 weeks old)

Thank you Victoria Lind for all the beautiful photos! Hadley was so great during the shoot. She only got a little fussy at the end, I was a proud mom!

One month picture:

She is growing so much so fast!