Learning as we go...

Last night was kind of a tough night for us and Lorenzo... one of those times when it's 3:00 AM and you look at your son and wonder, why is it that it's been 1 hour and 15 minutes and we can't get him to stop crying. Ugh!? Well, he's been sleeping since his 7:40 AM feeding (it's 10:15 right now) so we're getting a break.

Some of the surprising things we've discovered over the past 12 days...

1. Swaddling is amazing at calming down babies... so are the other Five Ss... if you haven't read it and you have a newborn on the way, pick up The Happiest Baby on the Block DVD. Well worth the money.
2. Babies tend to fart when they wake up... and when they really start crying. Speaking of crying...
3. Forget home security systems - all you need to protect the house is the sound of a hungry baby
4. And since we were just talking about farts, let's talk poop. I'm amazed how getting peed on and dealing with poop doesn't bother me. I thought it was going to be much worse. Maybe that will change when the diapers get smellier.
5. Bottles, bottles and more baby bottles. I'm amazed that you have to wash a thousand bottles and their thousand parts a thousand times a day.

I'm sure there will be more new revelations as this week goes on but that's what I've figured out so far...