Morris + 3: Ben's first days

He is such a good baby. I've been telling everyone that if I could have my third child first I would be so much more calm and confident in my mothering skills. During Ben's first four days of life, he received our undivided attention. His big sister and big brother were off enjoying themselves in Florida on vacation with their cousins and grandparents. While they were lavishing Legoland on Tuesday, we were having a baby. Seriously... On that very same day. It was so nice not having to arrange child care. When my water broke at 7am, Matt headed back home (as he was on his way to work), we packed up the car and headed to the hospital totally excited about and focused on our one new baby, knowing the other kids were in good hands.

Upon settling into our birthing room at the hospital, I was 4 cm dilated and handling mild contractions well. The pain became more intense around 9:30. Shortly thereafter I got an epidural and I was all smiles again. I was progressing but because my water broke and baby needed to get out soon, the doc decided to start me on pitocin at 12:30pm. Boy, did that do it?!

I quickly dilated fully, pushed maybe 7 times and out came our big baby boy, Benjamin David Morris, at 1:14pm . The labor and delivery was better than textbook and better than what I could have ever imagined. The nursing and medical staff at Trinity hospital were AMAZING!

On Friday, Millie and Camden came home from Florida. It was emotional for me. They seemed to have grown up and they had only been gone a week. Millie and Cam received Ben very well. They are in love with him and have shown to be sweet and helpful siblings. Millie's duties include replacing the paci, singing lullabies, and fetching burp cloths. Camden likes to take the diapers to the diaper pail, hold him and share his blankets when Ben is laying in Cam's bed in the evening.

Big sibling gifts arrived mysteriously at the front door on Saturday morning. Millie got accessories for her bike, a mobigo case and a new mobigo Tinkerbell game. Camden got a new Cars bike. They are both in heaven!

Ben's eating like a champ every 2 1/2 to 3 hrs day and night. He's most awake in the evening and has a rough time settling for the night. Something we're working on as we get to know his likes and dislikes. He sleeps just about anywhere though and loves to "jump" with his daddy. In fact, his first smiles were for Matt while he was jumping in his arms. Overall he has a really calm, sweet and patient temperament.