Just when Blake and Gwen seem to fall asleep their is a cry that can be heard over the baby monitor. Gwen stirs first and looks at her phone to check the time. It reads 10:15 and she sighs thinking to herself that there is no way they were only asleep for 15 minutes. As she gets up out of the bed Blake stirs.
"Everything okay baby?"
"Jackson is crying...I've got it this time babe go back to sleep."
"No baby I will come in with you that way if he is hungry I can stay with him while you run down to get his bottle."
They make their way to the nursery and Jackson is wailing. They haven't heard him cry like this yet but then again he is still adjusting to being out of the hospital without nurses checking on him every thirty minutes so they expected an adjustment time. Gwen reaches him first and picks him up bouncing and swaying as she tries to calm him but it isn't working. She takes him to the changing table and asks Blake to assist her in changing his diaper.
"Babe can you grab me the wipes and a clean diaper please?"
Blake leans under the changing table and grabs the items as Gwen start to get Jackson out of his pajamas. She is changing his diaper which is a little wet but not bad but their little guy is still upset.
Blake turns to Gwen as he reaches to put the wipes away "baby why don't you go get him a bottle while I hold him and we can see if he is hungry."
Gwen makes her way downstairs and warms up a bottle while Blake sits in the rocking chair to try to calm their son. He is a little calmed down when Gwen returns and so Blake stands and lets his wife sit down and get situated to feed Jackson. He takes the bottle and eats all 4 ounces fairly quickly so Gwen lifts him to her shoulder to burp him. He lets out a loud burp and she and Blake both laugh..."oh my god he is so you babe" she says smiling at her husband. But the quiet stops moments later when he starts crying again. Gwen doesn't understand what is wrong. He has a clean diaper, he is fed, and he has clean clothes on but nothing she is doing is helping.
Blake offers to try to help "sunshine let me take him and see if I can help please." He helps Gwen up from the chair and as he goes to sit in it he removes his t-shirt he was sleeping in. He takes their son and lays him on his chest as he rocks in the chair. Within a few moments Jackson is sound asleep on Blake's chest.
Quietly Gwen lifts Jackson from Blake's chest and lays him in his crib "oh thank you babe you did it...now let's go back to bed...it has been a long day already and we will be up again soon with him to feed. Little did Gwen know that they would be up hourly but not to feed every time.
Jackson was having a rough night adjusting to his new surroundings so he was waking frequently crying to let his mom and dad know he was not a happy camper. Every time they went to him they changed him if it was needed, they would offer a bottle but he didn't always want it and they would try to rock him back to sleep. For some reason Jackson would not fall asleep for Gwen but the minute Blake took him and laid him on his bare chest with Jackson out of his pajamas, just in his diaper, he would loll off to sleep in a matter of minutes.
The last time this occurred at about 3 o'clock in the morning Gwen had reached her breaking point. She had left the room as soon as Jackson fell asleep and went to check on Lena. Lena stirred when she felt Gwen sit on the end of her bed.
"Mommy is Jackson okay? He keep crying."
"He is just getting used to his new bed baby. Go back to sleep. Mommy was just making sure you were okay."
"I'm okay mommy but I am sweepy! Jackson needs sweep too!"
"Daddy is getting him to sleep baby. Now you rest okay...mommy loves you."
