I am feeling a lot better today. I am not sure if the baby blues are planning to go away on their own this time or not. In any case, I see my doctor this afternoon and I can talk to her. MMaybe we'll wait a couple weeks to try meds again and see what happens. My only fear is that Mike will be leaving to travel for work in a few weeks and I want to be sure I can handle it okay. He promised he wouldn't leave until things settled down a bit here and that his first trip away will be a short one. Bryson slept pretty good last night. He seems to be sleeping for 3-4 hour stretches at a time at night. Now, I just need to get him to sleep peacefully in his bassinet. All in good time, I guess. I am also impatiently waiting for his nasty umbilical stump to fall off so I can give him a real bath. The thing is just hanging there (which totally grosses out Brody, lol!). Poor baby has a diaper rash that won't go away. Seriously, it looks like someone burned the skin off his butt. He screams when I have to change him and I feel like an ass. The doctor prescribed some butt paste and I am doing everything I can (wiping with baby cloths instead of wipes, letting his butt air out a lot during the day, changing him often). I called and talked to the nurse yesterday and told her I didn't think it was getting any better. She told me I could try a baking soda bath once he could take a bath. If it's not better by Friday, I am taking him back in.
Brody is such an awesome big brother. I am so glad he plays so well by himself and enjoys watching his movies because right now I am a total slacker mom. I can't wait till I feel like myself again and the weather gets nicer so I can play with him and not feel so guilty. And once again, I am SO glad my husband is around right now to hang out with him in the evenings and on the weekends.
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