One of my favorite moments with Travis was during our very first night in the hospital. I love it because it was just me and him and the fact that I was the first person to have him all to myself.
My mom and Joseph were insisting that one of them would stay (mainly my mom since she didn't know how to get back to our house from the hospital). Joseph wouldn't have been able to stay since his paternity leave didn't start till the 11th (I delivered on the 7th). He was unsure if he would be able to take the day off the next day since his CO didn't tell him over the phone that he could have the next day off when he had called to tell them that I was delivering (long story short, he went to work the next day and he ended up getting the day off).
I reassured them that Travis and I will be fine and encouraged them to go home since both have been awake since 0400 and were probably exhausted. Surprisingly, I wasn't as exhausted as I thought I would be. After much deliberation and reassurance, my husband and mom left and I looked forward to my first night all alone with my baby Travis.
Travis slept well that night. He rarely cried that night except for those moments when I changed his diaper and when I would tickle his feet to wake him up so he can eat. It was amazing just being able to hold him and look at him. I held him in my arms and rocked him even though he wasn't crying or even needed to be rocked. I gave him lots of little kisses and enjoyed that new baby smell.
Around 2300, the nurse knocks on the door since they just had a shift change so it was another round of vitals and assessments (they did 8 hour shifts in that unit versus 12 hours). The nurse took Travis to the nursery to get weighed. So I waited thinking it'll only be about ten minutes. Well ten minutes passed, then fifteen, and so on. I was starting to have a nervous breakdown because I was thinking "Why didn't she bing my baby back yet? Was there something wrong?" I walked out to the nurse's station and asked about my baby. The nurse informed me that he was probably still waiting to get weighed since the nurses take the babies back there all at the same time. So I figured "Okay, he's probably just waiting still." I went back to my room and after another fifteen minutes, the nurse brought him back to me. He had a nice new blanket and a new diaper since he had peed while he was in there. It turns out that his temperature was a bit on the low end of normal so they had put him under the warmer for a bit.
It was already about 2340 when he got back into my room. Travis slept and I woke him up again 0130-0200 to feed him and change him. After that, I told myself that I would get some sleep, but I couldn't because I was too busy looking at him and making sure he was alright. I finally fell asleep around 0300 and set my alarm for 0500-0600 so I can wake up to feed him. Well I didn't hear my alarm and I woke up around 0700 because my OB was knocking on the door so she can assess me. I had a mini freak out inside because I thought, "OMG, my baby must be starving! He didn't even wake up or cry to eat or did he and I didn't hear him?" Thankfully, my OB did a quick assessment and I was able to feed Travis.
And that concludes me and Travis's first night together :)
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