Smells like updoc in here...

This morning Cambry went to the pediatrician to get weighed and check for jaundice. Our doctor is just down the road from us at Centennial which makes it very convenient. I dropped Halie and Cambry off under the awning because the weather looked threatening. And wouldn't you know it as soon as I parked the car the floodgates of Heaven opened up on me. Fortunately, Halie always has a small baby blue polka-dotted umbrella in her car. It was a proud moment for me.

Anyway, you would probably rather hear about Cambry. Cambry was 8lbs 7oz when she was born, but as we later discovered she was not eating enough and had dropped down to 7lbs 8oz by the time we left the hospital. They only like to see a weight loss of 10% or less. We had exceeded that so we began supplementing until Halie was producing more. Within a day Halie's milk was starting to come in and we no longer had to supplement. We started feeding her every 2.5 hours to make sure she was eating enough. I'm happy to say that since then she's had many a dirty diaper and she has almost gained back all of her weight - 8lbs 3oz. I guess she's a big eater because the nurse practitioner said normally babies her age eat about 1-2oz per feeding, but she's eating 2.5-3.0 oz. The NP said she didn't have enough jaundice to worry about testing her, so that's good.

Halie and I are steadfast in our desire to do BabyWise. So this week we've been working on making sure she's getting full feedings at every meal. We are also feeding pretty closely to a schedule. I think it's working because Cambry eats a lot at every meal, then she usually dozes off and then starts getting restless about 2.5 hours later like clockwork.