Well, we made it through our first week together! And you know what? It wasn't too bad! We had our moments of no sleep and crying for no reason, but we made it and we are all learning each other! Allison has learned to sleep through the dogs barking hysterically for no good reason and the dogs have learned that when Allison starts crying, Chris and I come running! We're also trying to get into some type of schedule, and it has been rather difficult! Allison likes to sleep through the night (Thank God), but it throws her off during the afternoon. We also had an issue with her weight while we were in the hospital, that she had lost more than 10% of her body weight, so she had to be fed formula in addition to my breast feeding. As we were leaving the hospital they said that she had gained weight and that we were fine to stop the formula and just breast feed, but to check in with the pediatrician to make sure everything was still fine. So we did just that, and the pediatrician said that she was still fine and to only breast feed. We went back to the pediatrician yesterday to get a weight on her and unfortunately she had lost more weight! She now weighs 6lbs 8oz. So we are back to the breast feeding with bottles afterward. I have to say, this might not be the worst thing for us. We are having to wake her up every 3-4 hours to feed her so it's helping us get more into a routine. We'll see how tonight goes, since I'm used to getting at least 6 hours of sleep! It has been rough because the formula has been making her constipated! This is just no fun for anyone! And when she does "go" it's very unpleasant to change!!! Chris and i have to flip for who's turn it is to change "those" diapers!
Other than that, we have been doing great! we've had some great support from family and friends and I look forward to the coming weeks to see how big she is growing (and gaining weight) and see what kind of routine we get ourselves into! Here are some pictures from the week! Sorry that the blogs so short, but baby calls!
Allison sleeping with grandma!
Her first bath! Notice those scrawny legs! I call them her Chicken Legs! (Looks like her daddy's!)
Not loving the first bath!
Time to snuggle up with daddy!
It's getting better, but they weren't warm yet!
I'm so in love with my child, it's risiculous!
She likes to stretch out those long limbs!
It took some time, but she likes her swing! (Also, she has no 0-3 month clothes, so they are all SUPER big on her!)
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