I've been feeling unwilling to post pictures of myself lately.....I just feel fat and disgusting and who wants to really remember their post baby body? But I love this picture and cherish holding little Dex in my arms.
The Brooks
Monday, August 13, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
July 12th 2012
At 8:02 AM our little boy Dexter was born. I was extremely scared. But the staff at the hospital was extremely helpful and great. the process was fiarly quick, but I swear an epidural is so much easier to receive than a spinal block. That was no fun, blah. Jake and I made a playlist to listen to during the surgery, which actually helped out a lot. It was funny to hear one of the surgeons singing along to our Simon and Garfunkel selection. They said no one ever brings music in....I thought that was odd, I thought everyone had some sort of labor music.
Dex was in the NICU for 12 days and left with Oxygen, which he remained on for about a week after discharge. I was so glad when that was done. Carrying around a big tank of oxygen made things a bit more stressful and Max was constantly tripping over all the tubing. But he did really good constraining himself from pushing the tank around, he's into that "pushing things around" phase. I have to say that Max has been completely amazing. He is helpful around the house and loves to come over and pat Dex on the head, sometimes he loves him a little too much. Unfortunately, Max got a double ear infection this past week and he was a bit off. Thank goodness for antibiotics. I'm so sick of all the infection and issues that have been going on in our home. Jake had an infection in his leg that sent him to the ER on the 24th of July. It was ridiculousness and disgusting at the same time. I was glad that Barb was here to help us out so she could stay with him in the hospital until they arrived home at 2 AM that night.
Things have finally settled down. Ralph, Barb, and the kids were here for a few days so there was a lot going on during that time and Max got so much attention from family while I was recovering that I thought he would freak out when Grandma left. But he did really good after everyone left. We went to the Neil Diamond concert On July 29th and the in laws came with us. I had never been to Rio Tinto Stadium. I was so tired during the concert, but it was really good. Neil has still got it!
Dex has been sleeping 4 hour stretches at night and 3-4 hour stretches during the day. He has been really good so far and I look forward to seeing his personality develop over the next year!
Dex was in the NICU for 12 days and left with Oxygen, which he remained on for about a week after discharge. I was so glad when that was done. Carrying around a big tank of oxygen made things a bit more stressful and Max was constantly tripping over all the tubing. But he did really good constraining himself from pushing the tank around, he's into that "pushing things around" phase. I have to say that Max has been completely amazing. He is helpful around the house and loves to come over and pat Dex on the head, sometimes he loves him a little too much. Unfortunately, Max got a double ear infection this past week and he was a bit off. Thank goodness for antibiotics. I'm so sick of all the infection and issues that have been going on in our home. Jake had an infection in his leg that sent him to the ER on the 24th of July. It was ridiculousness and disgusting at the same time. I was glad that Barb was here to help us out so she could stay with him in the hospital until they arrived home at 2 AM that night.
Things have finally settled down. Ralph, Barb, and the kids were here for a few days so there was a lot going on during that time and Max got so much attention from family while I was recovering that I thought he would freak out when Grandma left. But he did really good after everyone left. We went to the Neil Diamond concert On July 29th and the in laws came with us. I had never been to Rio Tinto Stadium. I was so tired during the concert, but it was really good. Neil has still got it!
Dex has been sleeping 4 hour stretches at night and 3-4 hour stretches during the day. He has been really good so far and I look forward to seeing his personality develop over the next year!
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