Mom came and helped me out for the first two weeks. I hadn't seen her for a long time. She came in from Victoria and arrived about an hour after I got home with Kendra from the hospital. She was a big help and kept telling me to go sleep. The problem was that I couldn't. I was to excited about Kendra.
Sometimes I found it a bit hard. I felt guilty for not taking my mom places. It seemed a bit boring for her. I managed to take her to a pottery place with Kendra. Of course Kendra needed feeding as soon as we got inside. I went out and fed her. And then she needed a change which I did in the car. Because I was so new to this, it took a long time. I really didn't see the pottery place and spent most of the time in the car.
John was home for the first week. Luckily he was able to take a few days off work. He didn't get up in the night with me though. I was all alone.... wondering if I was doing it OK. Kendra would sleep for a couple of hours and then be up for a couple of hours. It was really draining. She didn't cry to much; only when she needed something like feeding or changing.
We took Kendra to Elkwater. It was a bit cold, but we bundled her up. We went out for lunch and just as we sat down, Kendra decided she was hungry. I took her to the car and fed her... and changed her. After coming in and ordering my lunch, I was leaking! I couldn't hold her and eat at the same time. It was horrible. On the way back, we stopped at walmart and bought a baby carrier.
Dad came up closer to the end of the two weeks. He held her a few times but seemed really nervous about it. They gave John the impression that Dad didn't do much to help when us kids were small.
I asked John to give her a bath. His reply: "I don't think I'm ready for that!" ???? You think I was ready? I told him to do it anyway and that if I had to learn how to do it, then he had to learn.
Grandma, Grandpa and Kendra
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