Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Yesterday was a hard day for Max AND for me. Max had an appointment to get circumcized. Max had just gotten his temp and weight taken (he's past his birth weight now, 7 lbs 15 oz!) Oh and he peed all over the scale LOL! Then we were asked to wait. I started thinking of the pain involved, and how at 10 days old, we are the only 2 people in the world who he knows, and he trusts us to take care of him the best we can, and now we're subjecting him to all this pain that is really medically unnecessary, etc. To make it worse, as we were waiting, Max was in the best mood ever. He was awake, alert, locking eyes with me, so content and happy. He had no idea what was waiting for him! So yes, I started crying (just a little!) Craig saw me upset, probably started questioning it himself, and so we ALMOST walked out and cancelled the appointment! I told Craig "I just don't want Max to think this was MY idea!" I kissed my baby goodbye, and the nurse took him to the back. I waited in the waiting room, and Craig actually talked his way into the surgery room to be with him, which they usually never allow. I think he wanted to make doubly sure that the doctor didn't mess up!

20 minutes later I got my baby back, crying, but not screaming. They did numb it, but they did it with 2 shots, so those didn't feel good. And the anesthesia wears off pretty quickly. I was so sad seeing him upset! We got sent home with Tylenol, care instructions, and an unhappy baby. By the time I finally got him to sleep that afternoon, I was beat, so I took a nap too. And of course, whenever I sleep, the dogs want to cuddle. Well there's not much room on the couch, so Batman improvised, and Craig got a picture of it!

Its a good thing I got that nap in, because he was upset ALL night long! By morning he settled down, and Craig watched him while I slept all morning. He seems to be doing much better today!