Calvin is, for the most part, a calm, predictable baby, eating about every 2.5 to 3.5 hours, pooping and peeing almost non-stop, crying when he has good reason to (even if that reason completely escapes us), has a few hours of non-eating wakeful time each day, and sleeps pretty much the rest of the time. Except for the first 5 or so hours of bedtime in the late evening/night when he's generally fussy and crying and refuses to sleep. We're really focused now on getting him to sleep longer at night so Bryan and I don't go insane. He's also been put on medicine for his reflux, which was so bad it was causing him a lot of pain. And his umbilical hernia is still huge and weird, but not bad or anything we should be concerned about - it should heal itself in the next few months to a year.
Bryan has been working most week days since we came home from the hospital, but has been able to take a little time off nearly every week. He gets 10 days of paternity leave, which he'll take in May when I go back to work - we're trying to delay daycare as much as we can so Calvin will be a little older and because daycare is freaking expensive!
I've pretty much become a full-time milk-production facility, and the stay-at-home gig is both awesome and exhausting. I love being here to see all his little achievements and changes and funny faces/noises/movements. But it's hard not getting out of the house very much. Now that he's old enough to bring out with me, I hesitate because we're so focused on getting him to sleep at night and I don't want his daytime sleep to suffer (the idea being that a well-rested baby sleeps better at night and an overtired one doesn't), and any additional loss of sleep at this point adds to our overall brain-dead-zombie-, holy-crap-this-is-hard-state.
Our dogs Deuce and Pedro have responded very well to Calvin. Deuce, as expected, was sad and depressed at first, but now seems interested in him and has accepted Calvin as part of his pack. Pedro, on the other hand, has been very excited about Calvin since the minute he met him, eagerly and immediately taking on the nanny role. He regularly checks on his little charge to make sure we are keeping up with his diapering and feeding needs, is often the first to respond to a cry, and soothes him with sniffs and kisses on the head.
Introductions on the first day home from the hospital - Pedro greets Calvin with kisses.
Both dogs now take their babysitting responsibilities very seriously.
Hera is pretty much just pissed off about the baby, and acts as if he's taken away everything that should be hers: laps, attention, etc. Though she is happy about all the new napping spots his gear (pack 'n play, bouncer, even his swing) have created for her, despite our best efforts to keep her out of them.
As for Skylar, I don't think she knows yet that there is a baby in the house.
