Britt's 1st Well Visit

Monday, January 2, 2012

When you have a new baby you go to the hospital about two days after you get home to have them checked and then about two weeks later you take them to the pediatrician to be checked. With Brittlynn, we ended up going when she was 8 days old. We had an appointment set for when she was two weeks, but I called up there to ask about her tongue (post to come on ALL of that story) and they wanted to go ahead and see her. They said if she checked out fine then they'd go ahead and count it as her well visit too. Sounded great to me, but the only downside was that Zach had a group he had to work. It was one that he had rescheduled when she was born and the last thing you want to do is reschedule on someone twice . Kye had school (Mrs. Charlotte picked him up for me) and Mom was able to come with us! It worked out well and Zach will for sure be there at her next appointment! Our appointment (on 12/14) was an early one, 8:45. We got there early though as I left the house as soon as she wa...

Week One Summary

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Labels: breastfeeding / brittlynn / kye / newborn / postpartum / weekly baby summary

Yes, I'm doing weekly updates for awhile (they'd be recording breakingly long if I attempted to do it monthly since SO much changes week-to-week with a newborn). And yes, I'm also way behind. I did so good getting caught up when I was pregnant only to fall back behind, but I'm not stressed over getting caught up. I have ZERO life now so there isn't much to be blogging about :) Here are some of the things I learned about Brittlynn during her first week of life: Nursing: She often nursed with one eye opened and one eye closed. She was an extremely slow nurser. She'd take an hour to an hour and half per feeding. Thankfully, even at the hospital, she never really ate every two hours. She always went about three hours between each feeding. You judge time between feedings based on the time the feeding started so that means she'd nurse for an hour then I'd have a two hour break then she'd be nursing again. Sometimes the feedings even went longer th...

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