I like to think I have a pretty objective view on life as a whole, but also on my kid. I am not an idealist. I know that not everyone in the world wants to hear about every little movement he makes, and I understand the concept of "a face only a mother could love." I think this picture is the greatest thing in the world...but I know how many times I look at pics of other kids and I'm like "eek...poor child..."

My body has just realized that it has been thrown completely out of whack. I have never taken such a wide and colorful array of pills at any given time. We've got the asthma, prenatal vitamins, UTI medicine (which I finished today), ibuprophen (which I think I tried to wean myself from too quickly, and I am going back on it for my newly developed fever), Mucinex for the congestion that always accompanies an asthma flare-up...oh fun. I'm sure Liam is well-drugged.

I am not doing so well with the whole nursing thing. I have just acquired a new boost of motivation, so when he wakes up we are going to give it a go again. He is 8 days old, and I still haven't gotten him to latch (not that I have been too diligent in trying). He gets primarily breast milk (from the pump, which is more efficient anyway, and often he gets fed by daddy while mommy pumps). I am fine with primarily pumping, but I would like for us to have the option of true breast-feeding as well. Unfortunately he just got spoiled on the bottle early on in the hospital with the night in the transition nursery and then being knocked out for 2 days after the circumcision. Kinda hard to teach a sleeping baby how to breastfeed.

He sleeps a lot, so I get a lot of time to blog. I would like to hold him more, actually, while he sleeps, but I have this awful hacking cough right now. I feel so bad. I mean, it doesn't faze him at all. I had him lying on his tummy on my chest this afternoon, and provided I didn't give him shaken baby syndrome through it all, he just slept right through it.

So that is about it...other than feeling like crap in a million ways and hoping that I can get some energy back to give to my son, we're doing well...just working together as a team to get through the tough times!