Our little guy has kept me busy these last 3 months, and what an absolute joy he has been! Tristan arrived on January 28, 2010 (very quickly, I might add! Surely I lucked out due to the whole month prior of pre-labor I agonized thru) and was born at 12:15pm. He weighed 8.5 lbs and was 19.5″ long. Here he is at 2 months old:
Becoming a mother has been full of so many emotions – overwhelming, exhilarating, confusing, wonderfulness, challenging, joyful, extreme happiness, pleasure, hope, playfulness, humor, pride, and a tenderness mixed in with heaps of love in our lives that before we could only imagine. I’ve also experienced exhaustion, pain, confusion, fear, ignorance, and did I mention exhaustion? Oh baby, the lack of sleep can be quite mind-blowing at times. It’s been a lesson in extremes, becoming a mother. But oh have I savored and cherished each moment for the lesson it has taught me or the memory that has been given to me. Overall, I am extremely BLESSED to have a happy & healthy baby. Tristan has already brought so many blessings into our lives – I think that is the ultimate gift a child brings to a family many times over.
The most surprising aspect of being a new mom has been actually two things… how instantly I fell completely in love with this little person and how hard breastfeeding can be. Little did I know that some babies do not instinctually know how to suckle (or that they might have physical inhibitors) and combine that with lack of know-how from a first time mom (and I had prepared – read books, took a class, talked to other moms) made for a tough & painful many weeks in the beginning! A friend of mine had told me; just when I couldn’t take it any longer, to hold on just a bit longer because that’s *exactly* when it gets better. She was very right! When Tristan was 7 weeks and I seriously thought how much harder can this really get, how much longer could I endure this pain… it just got better within days. It was amazing! All of a sudden it didn’t hurt any more, Tristan was such a better nurser, and I finally felt like a pro instead of a novice. Now it has become the wonderful & rewarding bonding experience I had hoped for.
My son is just starting to take a bottle now (full of his mama’s milk of course!) so that means it’s finally time to start booking sessions again. I have two baby sessions I will be blogging about this week, so that’s very exciting.
Welcome, darling boy, welcome!
Tristan & his mama
by blossombee
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