Yesterday, Alayna turned 2 weeks old. CRAZY! I know 2 weeks isn't a long time - but I feel like she was just born yesterday and it has already been two weeks. I can't believe time is already going fast! Alayna is doing really well.
Most of you know of our eating issues with Grant. Nursing did not go all that well. He had a bit of jaundice to start things out, was too sleepy to eat, didn't want to nurse - which meant he didn't gain weight fast enough, we had to supplement which lead to nursing, supplementing, pumping, which lead to me just pumping all the time, etc, etc, etc -----in other words - Nursing did not go well!
Alayna is a champ! She has done much better from the start. She did not have the jaundice complication her brother did - so that got us off to a much better start. She typically sleeps quite a bit during the day and will wake up to eat every 3 - 3.5 hrs. When she eats she does eat well, but about a week ago I was concerned maybe she wasn't getting enough. On Friday of last week I took her to the lactation consultants office to be weighed to make sure we were on the right track and she is doing GREAT!
She should gain a 1/2 ounce to an ounce a day. She was born at 5lbs 15oz. Came home at 5lbs 7oz and on Friday (at 12 days old) she was 6lbs 6oz (on a full belly). SO...this put my mind at ease a ton! She is gaining weight as she should be.
She has come a bit of a grunter. Sometimes she grunts in her sleep when she's not sleeping quite so tight. Sleeping has been going better (knock on wood). When we first came home she had her days and nights mixed up - sleeping 3 hrs b/w feedings all day and getting up every 1.5 hrs at night. This was partially b/c we would both fall asleep while she was eating in the middle of the night. So - now she is typically up for a late night feeding (b/w 11 and 12) and then around 3/3:30 and 5:30 or so. Not too bad. That late night feeding can be a killer though b/c she is typically wide awake after that one - which is when we want to be sleeping!!! We'll get it.
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