Saturday, June 6, 2009

Seriously...

Andrew had a weight check yesterday. Evidentally the nurse practitioner wants to see breast fed babies back to birth weight before she stops monitoring their weight. 

So, Andrew was born weighing 7.14. He went home weighing 7.4, and two days later weighed 7.6. That is a weight gain of approximately 40 grams a day and newborns need to gain 20-30. So, even at last appointment he was growing. But, we went back yesterday and Andrew weighed in a whopping 8.8!! Which means a weight gain of 73 grams per day! That is huge! He gained 1 lb, 2 oz in just one week. I've been telling Jason that he eats a lot, and now I have the proof. I joke that I'm cutting him off, but the thing about breast fed babies is you never really know how much they're getting. So, I'll keep feeding him every 3 hours during the day and let him sleep a little more at night (if he will). And those moments when he's awake and acting hungry after only an hour...well, he's out of luck! 

We're having a laid back Saturday. Jason took Allie to Deanna Rose and let me sleep in a little. I ran some errands with Andrew, came back, got everyone lunch. Now Jason is putting Allie down for a nap and I'm going to take a nap myself! Sounds good!

Valerie

1 comment:

Alli Jean said...

You get those naps in whenever you get the chance!!! Sounds like you're all doing very well!