Cleft Lip Recovery

It's been 3 days since Aaron's surgery and so far so good.  In fact, he's slept more than he ever has since he was born.  He taken 2- 3 hour naps, slept for 5 hour stretches overnight and hasn't cried much.   I'm sure the drugs are making him drowsy.  He was on Tylenol with codine, but we switched him to regular Tylenol yesterday afternoon.  The doctors say it's important to stay ahead of the pain curve, but I think he's doing well.  We don't want to overmedicate him.  Today has been tougher he's back to his old self where he struggles to fall asleep and cries.  Since we are trying to reduce his crying-I'm doing everything I can to soothe him, which means using my breast as a pacifier-which isn't a good habit to form, but he needs a pacifier to fall asleep and he not allowed to use a pacifier or touch his mouth with his fingers.  Even this has been a problem, since he doesn't always want milk I have to pump out one breast.   We are almost there, but I feel like I have a newborn again, all my energy is devoted to him.  I look forward to the day when he is healed and I can just enjoy being with my little baby.  (While he had some of  his stitches removed after 7 days, the actually healing process took about a month and it was probably the hardest part because I had to keep this active baby arms restrained and keep him from touching his mouth. It was definitely a very trying period.)