We have been home from the hospital since Sunday, so glad to
finally have Layton home with us at least at our condo and not visiting him in
a hospital through 1 inch glass, twice per day.
No one really told us anything on leaving the hospital, the
nurse did her best to try and explain a few things to us about cleaning the
umbilical cord and such but not as much as we had expected. Nonetheless, just
excited for the walk home.
Our first day/night was learning about our little guy, how to
feed, what to do when changing him etc Most of the day consisted of skyping our
families, showing off our perfect little man, and taking turns holding him and
not letting go. The first night we were able to get the feeding down pat, and
we are lucky that he is good at eating and no real issues there yet. Although
there were no concerns our fist night it was still hard to fall asleep not
knowing if we would miss anything.
Monday we had running around to do, and having to go to Copa
airlines and change our tickets, and add Layton to our tickets home. I cant say
enough about the airline, they were nothing but accommodating to us and helped
us get this done in no time flat, after this, and the staff of Copa airlines
taking pictures of Layton, we were off to get him his first set of passport
pictures at a local pharmacy. Thank goodness that Alana had her assistant Hidemi
come with us who could translate what we needed because without her we had no
clue.
We are always surprised how little English is spoken here,
although there are quite a number of English speaking people in Panama, we are
amazed how little you can get done without knowing Spanish, and for us a
frustration because our only grasp of the Spanish language is to ask for a beer
or where the bathroom’s are.
Last night Layton was a little more “vocal” and between
Daniel and I trying to figure it all out needless to say there was almost no
sleep last night. At least I was able to doze off for a few hours but for the
last two nights Daniel has gone without any sleep at all.
We realized quickly last night how alone we could feel being
down here without our family and friends, just to ask questions about the baby,
what we were doing right, or wrong. It is a bit overwhelming to say the least.
With every minute that goes by today I realize how much work that it is to have
a baby, and how much everything you think you know just goes completely out the
window and you end up being a blubbering mess half the time.
After only 1 breakdown from me this morning, we were able to
walk Layton down to the hospital where he had his check up with the
pediatrician. Dr Abbott (fluently speaking English) told us he was doing great.
All within the normal ranges for a baby, this was a relief from the two of us.
Even though we knew he was perfect to us second guessing everything has been
part of our life over the last week down here and at least we were able to
breath a little bit better after this visit. The Doctor gave us a prescription
for some vitamin drops that babies take down here and suggested we change our
formula to a more “gentler” one for his stomach.
Tomorrow we have an appointment with the Canadian consulate
and hopefully they let us know exactly when we are able to take little Layton
home back to Canada to see his family. We hope to come back on the 28th
of August, but knowing how things work down here we are just keeping our
fingers crossed and hoping for the best….
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