Lydia's First Week

I can't believe it, Lydia turned a week old yesterday! We've been home from the hospital since Tuesday afternoon and everything has been going pretty well. My mom was with us Sunday to Sunday to care for Caed while we were in the hospital and to help us with odds and ends around the house once we got home. (Thanks Mom!) It was really nice to have her around.

Lydia has been sleeping and eating really well so far and that's made it a bit easier to get into some semblance of a schedule thus far! (It's amazing how sleep and a schedule for mom, me, makes things so much better.) If you remember, this was not our experience with Caed, so we're certainly welcoming these new circumstances! Thanks for all your prayers! God has definitely been gracious to us! Please pray that this would continue!

One of the things we're doing during our time in the day is washing Lydia's hair not long before she goes to bed. Sounds silly, but a pediatrician nurse in the hospital said that washing a newborn's hair every day for the first two weeks of life drastically reduces the chance for cradle cap. So, we're trying it. (Caed had cradle cap for a while, so if we can do anything to prevent little Lydia from having the same, we're going to try.) I love to wash her hair and surprisingly she seems to enjoy it too. What a sweet little girl! As her hair gets wet, her dark hair curls right up and is cute as can be. It looks like she just got out of the salon ... he he he.

Caed is certainly enjoying his little sister too. At first, he was a little disappointed when he found out that Lydia was not going to be able to play with him or talk to him. But he's real gentle with her, for the most part, and loves to say, "Hi, Lydia, hi," and hold her with mommy and daddy's help on the couch. (A nice tip he got from his new I'm a Big Brother Now book.)