The three of us stayed in the hospital a little under 48 hours after Sloan was born. Our nights were long and sleepy, but our days were filled with visitors. We loved seeing so many family members and friends!
I can’t even express how grateful I am to the staff of the Maternal Newborn Recovery. Yeah, the U is a little strict about some things, but the care and attention you get is beyond incredible. Since I found out I was pregnant a very important goal of mine was to be able to nurse Sloan. So many of my family members and friends have struggled with this, and I assumed it would be difficult for me as well. Day two was when everything started to click. My angel of a nurse, Kara, taught me a few of her tips and tricks and Sloan and I got into a serious groove. It’s all been downhill since then! My girl is just like her mother – LOVES to eat and is a breast feeding champ! Don’t get me wrong, it is still really hard, but I have discovered Sloan’s little triggers so I can trick her into feeding. It’s hilarious to me that the four books that I read and the breastfeeding class that Zach and I took were not even close to as helpful as the sweet little spunky nurse on call that second day.
Sloan passed all her requirements so we could go home a little early. Our favorite was watching her get her first bath! Zach has been looking forward to bath time with Sloan for the last nine months! Zach takes his bathing very serious [Hendersons are big “tubbers”] and we’re hoping she enjoys it as much as her father does.
All of the outfits I brought to take her home in completely drowned her. Even the tiniest of them all made her look like she had on grandpa pants. Side Note: I totally over-packed for the hospital. Poor Zach had to get a giant cart to drag all of our stuff outta there. Not to mention that I cleaned the place out! I literally shoved every supply possible in some re-usable shopping bags and made Zach take them all down to our car. After Zach and I got cleaned up we were all ready to go home!
Then we took our first family photo together. Yes, this is the best one we could get of Sloan. She was only interested one eye’s worth for this photo op.
It’s pretty wild to think about. One minute you have a tiny human inside of you and the next your strapping her teeny tiny self into a car seat to drive home. She looked like a doll in that giant seat. I can’t rave enough about how appreciative I am of all of those nurses and other staff members at the University Hospital. We loved our time in recovery, but were elated to come home and sleep in our own bed.