Eating- Breastfeeding
was very easy for you. You latched on
immediately and nursed like a champ.
However, until my milk came in we supplemented with formula. And once my milk came in it still wasn’t
enough to keep up with your demand. You
nursed during the day and we gave you formula at night. During the day we woke you every 2 hrs to eat
and at night every 3hrs. At night you were eating 2oz formula
bottles. We did this until your 1 week appointment when we knew you were back
up to birth weight and were told by the doctor we no longer needed to wake you
to feed. At one week old you were waking
on your own to eat, about every 2 hours during the day and twice at night. You were still breast feeding during the day
and eating 4oz formula bottle at night.
You typically took a bottle around 8pm and then woke between 1am-2am and
then again at 4am-5am. At three weeks
you were still sleeping the same however eating a few 5 oz formula bottles at
night.
Sleeping- You
were swaddled anytime you were sleeping.
After bringing you home from the hospital we woke you to eat every 2 hrs
during the day and 3 at night. At one
week old we let you wake up when ready to eat.
After having your 8pm bottle you would sleep until around 1am-2am and
then wake again around 4am-5am. When you
woke at night you weren’t mad once you ate however it took a while to get you
back to sleep. Sometimes you would be
wide awake and other times the minute we put you back in the crib you would
wake up and we would have to start all over again. You would wake up again around 6:30am and I
would put you in bed with me where you would nurse on and off until about 9am
when we would get up for the day.
Clothes- From
birth to 2 weeks you wore a few newborn outfits and 0-3 month clothes. However, at 3 weeks you hit a growth spurt
and all newborn and 0-3 month clothes were to small and you starting wearing 3
month clothes. They were still a little
big on you but the smaller sizes were too small.
Diaper- From birth to one and half weeks old you wore
a newborn diaper. Then you switched to a
size 1 diaper.
