Surviving

I took this picture after Solomon's bath today. I thought we needed a picture to commemorate our first week together. We made it! I didn't realize how much learning would go on between Sol and me just in our first 9 days together. I've learned so much about his personality, about what he likes, his patterns, what he doesn't like, what works, what doesn't work. Its amazing. He's learning to be patient with his new awkward parents and to trust and love them. He turns toward our voices and looks for us when we speak. He's really amazing.

This week has been difficult, baby Solomon spent a lot of time fussing and crying as though he were in pain. It killed me to see him hurt and to not know how to fix it. Sometime he would spend his whole awake time with this scared little look on his face, like "Mom, why does it hurt?" With the post pregnancy hormones I was a mess. I took our sweet boy to the doctor this morning and they determined he had reflux. We got some medicine for him and already we're seeing a big difference. My little boy is back to his normal self. He's much calmer and so am I.

I'm glad to have the first of the first done with. It make me excited to know things will just get better and better.