We were instantly put skin to skin after birth and held him there until after the first nursing session. He had a nucal cord (cord around his neck) and needed a bit of crying after delivery to open those lungs up. He latched on to breastfeed around 45 minutes of life. After cuddling him, feeding and taking a lot of pictures, we finally put him on the scale and did his measurements.
Once my legs were no longer numb from the epidural we moved up to our post-partum room on 5th floor. What a joy it was to be on my home unit and surrounded with my lovely co workers. Seriously they are all the best! Big brother Jackson, Mom, Dad, Kenzie and Jon were all there to welcome us to our new room and Jackson was so excited to meet his little brother. He hopped right up into bed with us and wanted to hold him.
After sending the family home that evening we tried to settle down for a little sleep. Ha ha yea right... adrenaline from delivery still at a high and excited to see our little man. Most newborns go through a first 24 hour sleepy stage. Ours did not. He wanted to nurse constantly, which I let him go to town as much as possible, but did take advantage of a little 2-3 hour stretch of sleep around midnight having him go to the nursery (thank goodness for that nursery).
The next morning Jackson and my family came back up for Easton's first bath, that Jackson helped me give him. He wasn't to sure of the crying but was excited to see him again.
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