This will be a brief update because he's about to wake up to eat again...
I've been AWOL from MDC for the last three weeks just cuz we've been babymooning and adjusting to life with three kids now. The older two have their own stuff going on, so I'm back to running them around to school and activities. Thank goodness that Christian doesn't mind being in the car several times a day!
He's still a little peanut, not gaining a lot yet. The last weigh in was 7 lb 5 oz last Thursday. That's only three ounces up from his birth weight on April 6. The midwives want to keep an eye on him for a few more weeks of regular weight checks. He eats GREAT, is always hungry, seems to empty both breasts fairly well and is making lots of wet & poopy diapers. He's just not gaining much. He does sleep 2.5-3 hour stretches at night, and I'm so wiped out that I don't wake up until he wakes me. During the day, I try to nurse him every two hours, plus he has been cluster feeding every day around noon and again in the evening.
DH took two weeks off work and we had his Gma here for three weeks as well. Now that I'm on my own with the three kids, our mama-tribe is starting up the meal deliveries this week. Thank goodness! I tried cooking dinner tonight and had to turn it over to dh to finish when the babe wanted to nurse AGAIN. Oh well.
That pretty much sums it up. I'm way behind on posts, so I hope everyone is doing well. Labor vibes to the still-preggos!
I still haven't written the birth story. Soon, I will, and I'll post it.
I've been AWOL from MDC for the last three weeks just cuz we've been babymooning and adjusting to life with three kids now. The older two have their own stuff going on, so I'm back to running them around to school and activities. Thank goodness that Christian doesn't mind being in the car several times a day!
He's still a little peanut, not gaining a lot yet. The last weigh in was 7 lb 5 oz last Thursday. That's only three ounces up from his birth weight on April 6. The midwives want to keep an eye on him for a few more weeks of regular weight checks. He eats GREAT, is always hungry, seems to empty both breasts fairly well and is making lots of wet & poopy diapers. He's just not gaining much. He does sleep 2.5-3 hour stretches at night, and I'm so wiped out that I don't wake up until he wakes me. During the day, I try to nurse him every two hours, plus he has been cluster feeding every day around noon and again in the evening.
DH took two weeks off work and we had his Gma here for three weeks as well. Now that I'm on my own with the three kids, our mama-tribe is starting up the meal deliveries this week. Thank goodness! I tried cooking dinner tonight and had to turn it over to dh to finish when the babe wanted to nurse AGAIN. Oh well.
That pretty much sums it up. I'm way behind on posts, so I hope everyone is doing well. Labor vibes to the still-preggos!
I still haven't written the birth story. Soon, I will, and I'll post it.
