One thing I forgot about my babies, and didn’t remember until 10:00 the night before was that my babies never sleep that first night home from the hospital. I don’t know if they just finally wake up from the trauma of childbirth, or what it is, but every.single.one has been up ALL NIGHT LONG on that first night home.
Baby Nate was no exception.
He finally went to sleep about 6:00 am. So I was up for about 23 hours (7 am the morning before). That was two all-nighters in about five days. Even as I type this two and half weeks later, I’m still not sure I’ve completely recovered.
But I did try to recover. I spent those first two days not doing ANYTHING! Just laying around the house, and taking naps in the afternoons. My mom came to help me so that was GREAT so I could take afternoon naps.