9-22-10

Well we're home!! Oliver did good with the car ride home, we know that car rides put him to sleep now. We did have to stop in Manchester to feed him only because it took the nurse awhile to discharge us after he had eaten there. Once we got home we had to try out the bouncer and that was good for a bit. I think he is going through a growth spurt though because all he wanted to do since we got home was eat, eat, eat. After getting batteries, we then tried out the swing later that night. We toured the house and tried out his crib.

When mom and dad finally settled in and was ready for bed, Oliver was wide awake - until about midnight. He ate twice from 10pm to midnight and we changed numerous diapers. Then we figured out that he probably had an upset stomach keeping him awake when he puked up everything he had just ate. Guess he maybe overate. That was # 1 outfit change for both mom and Oliver. We think he was scared and didn't know where he was in that big bed. I know they say not to put anything but the baby in the bed due to SIDS, but after 2.5 hours of whimpering and crying we decided to swaddle him up. He had been swaddled at the hospital most of his life so he probably didn't like all the room to move around and wanted to be snuggled in. We just made sure the blanket wasn't around his face at all and was tightly wrapped. Once he was swaddled he slept until 4:40am! I couldn't believe it, he slept so good. Once again at 4:40 though after changing his diaper and feeding him, we had to have outfit change #2 for mom and Oliver when he had a very large explosive bowel movement that went through the diaper. He didn't want to sleep after all that commotion and stayed awake until 7am today. But before that he had outfit change #3 for Oliver when he peed through his diaper, clothes, and crib sheet. We now know that at night he has to wear size 1 diapers but during the day we can wear newborn diapers. Shawn and I went back to bed at 7am. I think Shawn is happy he took off until Friday from work. We definitely think Oliver has his days and nights mixed up because he sleeps so well during the day, falling asleep right after his feedings but that is not the case at night. This morning after feeding him at 10am he went right to sleep despite me trying my best to keep him awake. Now he'll actually sleep without being swaddled today.

These piggy sheets are fitting for Oliver after yesterday and his eating so much. We had to put these on in the middle of the night after the pee incident. Good thing Grandma Shirley made lots of sheets.