I realized that I haven’t talked much here yet about what it’s like to be a mom and what Falco is like. Matt and I are definitely settling into the role of parents, and I love spending my days (and nights) taking care of this little one. Falco is a really good baby, especially at night. From the first night we came home from the hospital, he has been very good about sleeping in his bassinet. He wakes up every two to three hours to eat, but we can get the feeding done in about a half hour and then he goes back to sleep. Matt is able to sleep through the night uninterrupted, and I generally only have to get up three times at the most.

During the days, Falco really doesn’t get very fussy for the most part. He eats every two to three hours and either goes to sleep or just looks around quietly after eating. He cries if he is hungry and I take too long to get his feeding started or sometimes when he has to have his diaper changed or change clothes. He can get really loud in those cases, but it doesn’t last too long. I was worried that I would hate the sound of him crying or that it would really get on my nerves, but it doesn’t at all. We usually can quiet him down pretty quickly.

Falco loves going out and about, so we take him on at least one walk every day and usually on one other outing like out shopping or to a doctor’s appointment or places like that. He pretty much always goes to sleep in his car seat or the front carrier or the stroller. Yesterday morning we took him in his stroller to a cafe where Matt and I went to get breakfast pretty often while I was pregnant. We were able to sit down and eat breakfast and play cards while Falco slept in his stroller, which was great. We did a lot of going out to eat and playing cards during pregnancy, and we thought that would be over once the baby was born. It was nice to be able to go do something we loved to do as a couple, but this time we got to do it as a family.