1 month and counting...

To mark Finlay's first Month my NCT friend and great photographer Ellen took some pics of Finn. It was quite hard to snap him as he was wriggling around and crying most of the time!

Finns time with us so far has been quite challenging as well as precious and I wanted to remember a few milestones and trails and tribulations along the way....

Weeks 1 & 2
First 4 days in hospital in 30 degree heat! Difficult feeding him and he cried frequently. He settled well sat up tucked underneath my chin after feeds.
We treasured lots of skin to skin time and of course Finn liked being close to me, co-sleeping to get some shut eye.
We observe he has a squashed left side due to the position in the womb, frank breech and facing to the left for much of pregnancy. He turns head and sleeps with head to right side only.

Weeks 3 & 4
At three weeks he likes sleeping in his pram but will not settle in Moses basket. We think he has day and night confused! Demands lots of eye contact and loves kicking, especially his right leg. He also uses his right hand to put up to his face. Sleeping and feeding still a big issue as colic and unbeknown to us at the time, silent reflux start to present themselves. So obvious now that the elusive sleep only happens when strapped to me upright in his Weego sack.
By week 4 hours of screaming and sleep deprivation are rife and by the end of the week I finally accept defeat on trying to get my milk supply up to demand. Only ever got 20mls from both breasts so was never going to satisfy my hungry baby. So bottle from now on. Nobody tells you how hard it can be. But all worth it.