Keira is already ONE month old!! Where did the time go?! Oh, I know- sitting on the couch while nursing. That is about all I got to do for the last month! :0) Well worth every minute though. She has been growing so much and has just within the last day started to focus on our faces more and even smile every once in awhile! She is starting to become more interactive rather than just a "lump".
This post is going to be pretty random and not go with the pictures, but I wanted to get these on here. Sorry about the sideways pictures, but I don't know how to rotate them. :0)
Keira loves bath time. She doesn't really smile and splash, but she doesn't cry! So, that is an up side!
When Kiera left the hospital she had lost over a pound. The doctor was worried that she wasn't going to be gaining properly so we had to go back to the hospital for a weight recheck the next couple days after being released from the hospital. The first day she didn't gain anything, so we tried one more day to feed her without supplementing and see how whe would do. The next day, she had gained an ounce, so we didn't have to supplement her with formula. Which I was very greatful for, since breasfeeding was actually working, I didn't want to "ruin" it by bottle feeding already. We had her 2 week appointment and Kiera didn't gain a lot of weight. She was 8 lbs, 1.5 oz. The doctor still wasn't sure if she was gaining properly, so we had to go home and feed normally for a couple days and bring her back to see if she gained anything. 2 days later she weighed 8 lbs, 3.5 ounces. (She really likes to be 1/2 ounces...) To be on the safe side the doctor wanted us to come in again for a weight recheck at her 1 month appointment, so just a couple days ago we went and she weighed 9 lbs 6.5 oz! She is gaining! And, I happily say she is gaining without supplementation and is doing a great job of nursing. We did introduce a pacifier to her at about 2-3 weeks, because she is a fairly fussy baby.
A little more about her fussiness- I think she has a little bit of colic in the evening. Either that or I need to nurse her more often in the evening. Chris is getting a little frustrated that everytime he sees her she is either eating, sleeping or crying. I feel bad about this becuase as I am typing right now she is sitting beside me wide awake and perfectly content. She has her fussy moments and mostly they are at night when Chris is home. I hope she grows out of that soon!
Sleeping is going decently. I still have some random nights that I get no sleep, but it has been getting better. Last night I ended up moving her bassinet into her own room, becuase I would here her start to grunt and groan, which are her normal sleep noises and I would wake up thinking she needed to eat. But, she was still sound asleep and I would sit on the couch for an hour waiting for her to wake up enough to eat. So, since she is in her room I won't hear her until she is crying to eat. Hopefully that gives us both more sleep. It seemed to work last night. I put her in her bassinet about 1:40 and I had to get back up to feed her at 4:45. Then returned her to her room at 5:45 and I slept until 9am! She didn't actually wake up to nurse until 9:30. So, I actually feel fairly well rested today.
Here are just some more pictures I wanted to share. :0) I am loving dressing her in pink!
We had family pictures last weekend. I can't wait to get my pictures back so I can post them on here. I am excited to see them!
I am on maternity leave until the end of January. I am very excited to be on leave this long. I am hoping that it reenergizes my enthusiasm for work and doesn't do the opposite. I am already dreading going back. But, after the holidays and all this time off, I may have a change of heart- one way or another...
