Cammy, me, and Britton ventured out of the house today for Britton's pediatrician appointment. This makes her third weekly appointment, but the doctor wanted to check out her weight. She weighed in at 8 pounds, 5 ounces, a whole ounce more than her birth weight. And for those doing the math, she put on 8 ounces in 7 days! Turns out that when she cluster feeds at night, she really needs a bottle. During the day I pump milk, and that extra bottle (2-3 ounces) of breastmilk following her 11:00 p.m. feeding fills her up. She now sleeps in her hammock at night, going to sleep until her feedings at 3:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m., and 9:00 a.m. After her 9:00 a.m. feeding she naps until her noon feeding. Lately she has been quite awake after her noon feeding, sometimes staying awake for hours. Her next doctor's appointment is her two month check-up. After her doctor's appointment, Cammy treated us to ice cream (well, me).
Britton's sleep hammock from Arm's Reach. Love it. Her own movements - kicking her legs mostly - rocks the hammock and puts her to sleep.
We've learned with this latest batch of thunderstorms that Britton sleeps best when the storm is raging. We had a horrendous thunderstorm on Monday night - tons of lightning and thunder. Poor Sadie was losing her mind, but Britton slept from midnight until 6:00 a.m.!
I think Britton has now peed on everyone. When she gets a cold breeze down there while we change her diaper, the dam breaks. Smart parents we are, we've now stocked up on changing pad covers.
I'm not going to lie to you - we really lucked out with this baby! The only time I've heard her cry is when I'm taking too long to change her diaper or she decides she has to eat immediately. And they aren't even real cries - more along the lines of a "let's move it here!" order.
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