setting small daily goals {like keep child alive}

liam and i survived our first day sans will this week. sadly, survival was all we accomplished.

i set two small goals for our 8 hours: empty the dishwasher. change the sheets.

when will got home, the dishwasher was open and the sheets were off the bed. fail. for next week, when we're by ourselves all day every day, survival will be our only goal. let's not go crazy. i'm getting less and less done each day now that liam is awake more, and subsequently needing to be attached to my boob more. at our doctor appointment this week, since his weight looks good (7lb 9oz!), they told me to feed him every 3 hours during the day and not to wake him at night. now, feedings are taking 45-60 minutes instead of 20-30.

at 2.5 weeks old, our "schedule" is something like: wake up to happy, stretchy foosa making sweet little bird noises. change diaper and outfit without any crying. breakfast boob. "entertain" foosa and attempt to get a shower, or at least brush my teeth. lunch boob. plan any daily activities around future boob and diaper needs. when 5:00 starts rolling around, foosa can only think about boob and demands nursing for the next 4ish hours at which point he might give up and take a 2 hour nap. around 11, i nurse foosa and we go to bed. here's our big problem: we have a cosleeper (crib thingy attached to the side of the bed) that foosa will sleep in for maybe 2 hour stretches if we're lucky. but, if i let foosa sleep right next to me, he wakes up only once or twice. 5 hour stretches of sleep are freaking hard to turn down, so yes, i've been letting foosa sleep next to me. bedsharing was not something we planned to do. i'm not sure if we'll continue on the bedsharing route for the remainder of foosa's time in our bedroom (we'll get him in his crib before my maternity leave is over - july 26. sad face.), like i said, survival is the only goal right now and waking up twice instead of 37 times at night makes you a completely different human the next day.

alright, the little man just fell asleep, so i need to go get some cleaning and laundry done. i do keep meaning to write about my recovery - i should have taken daily pictures of my belly to see it disappear. it literally goes down more and more each day. i have 16 pounds to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. i'm sure as soon as i can start running again those will come off - just 3 more weeks, i can't wait!

have a good weekend, friends!