First Outing and Another First

I was going a little stir crazy being in the house all day everyday so Brian and I decided to pack up Oliver and head to Thunderbird Coffeehouse yesterday afternoon. It was his first trip outside the house that wasn’t for a doctor’s visit and we figured a coffeehouse was a good place to start since we could pack up and get out quickly if we needed to. We called up Laurie and Robin and had them meet us there with Lydia. It was so nice to be out in public again and Oliver did really well. He was conked out when we arrived and proceeded to sleep until Laurie and Robin pulled into the parking lot. At that point he started to wail so we were forced into another first - our first feeding in a public place. Now I’ve had to feed him at the pediatrician’s office but most people there are used to the site of a woman breastfeeding so I was still a little nervous about trying to nurse him with a bunch of strangers around. But we covered up with a blanket and he ate and all was well. He fell asleep soon after eating and we got to spend a nice couple of hours hanging out with Laurie, Robin and Lydia.

It was a great day for his first outing since Oliver had a really good day yesterday. The switch from formula to breast milk only seems to be sitting well with him. On Friday night he let me sleep for nine hours (not in a row, obviously, since I had to get up to feed him a couple of times but still...). His whole day yesterday consisted of eating and sleeping. He had some trouble getting to sleep last night but my mom finally got him down at about 1:00. He ate at 4:30 for about 15 minutes and then slept again until 7:30 this morning when I woke him up to eat again. I know we still have many rough nights in our future but I’m really grateful for the bit of a reprieve we’ve been granted the past couple of nights. I really needed to catch up on some sleep.