We were so grateful that Ryan's parents were able to come spend a week with us after Ruby was born. It would have been a crisis without them. I was still very sore and I couldn't do much more than take care of myself and Ruby. I was walking slowly and it was still hard to do things like sit up. Then I got a cough. There's no such thing as a little cough when you've just had a c-section. It hurt really bad. I told Ryan I thought I would die. Fortunately it went away pretty quick.
Ann didn't let me do any work while she was here. They took really good care of us. On Wednesday we all went to the pediatrician because I couldn't drive yet. Ruby was still doing fine and was almost back to her birth weight. On Friday I was well enough to drive to my doctor appointment myself.
Ruby isn't the easiest baby. She's not as hard as Kevin was, but it was hard to figure out what she liked. There was one night when she nursed three times on each side and was still crying. She likes being wrapped up in swaddling blankets, but she hates having her arms stuck. She hates pacifiers. She gags on them and swears at you if you try to give her one. I could probably count on one hand the number of times I've been able to get her to take one. We did figure out that she sleeps better in the baby seat, and she hasn't slept in the bassinet since.
The kids were all very excited to meet Ruby for the first time when we got home from the hospital. They had only seen her on Google Hangouts because she was in the NICU. Everyone got a turn to hold her. Ann Marie was surprised that she weighed so much. She actually started to cry because she thought she wouldn't be able to hold the baby. We eventually figured out that she could hold her better with the Boppy pillow. (And now she holds Ruby however she wants and thinks she can carry her around.)
