The Rest of Spear's First Week
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Labels: newborn / schedule / spear / weekly baby summary
I do weekly newborn posts for the first several weeks when my babies are born. SO much changes each week that it's the easiest way to keep things organized ;) This post covers the remainder of Spear's first week of life (Fri Dec 1 - Thur Dec 6). With this being ICPC stay ...he had a VERY busy first week of life which means this post is kinda all over the place because, well we were kinda all over the place ;) Feeding: Bottle feeding is SUCH a new experience for me! I really felt clueless about how much to feed and I feel SO much guilt about not doing my own research regarding it. I went off what a nurse told me at the hospital which just simply wasn't enough for Spear to be eating (she said 1 oz of formula every 3 - 4 hours!). I brought Enfamil Gentlease with me for the ICPC stay but loaded up on all the premade bottles I could at the hospital which were Similac. I used them all up first before starting on the Gentlease and it was a smooth, easy transition. ...