Cadence's new feeding routine is so tiring. She's eating really well now and I only had to use formula for three days until I had enough bm stored to feed her. We picked up some mother's milk tea at whole foods and that stuff really works. I could feed two babies now!
Michael's brother Brian came over for his first visit Sunday (7/29). Michael went out and picked up a ton/small army amount of snacks (never let a man shop). They could only stay 45 minutes and didn't want to ruin dinner, so we had alot leftover. Never fear Nick and Jackie hung out and we had all the eats gone in no time plus Cadence attended her first impromptu BBQ. And somewhere that day she lost the icky cord stump.
Monday (7/30) we got good news at the doctor's she’s gained a whopping 9 ounces in only three days! She’s up to 6 pounds 3 ounces. Stephanie was surprised at how well she’s doing on her new eating plan. They told me not to exhaust myself and make sure I was getting enough rest, fluids and food.
Tuesday (7/31) Cindy and Jacqueline kept me company while Michael worked at St Joes. Jaqueline thought tiny male-patterned bald Cadence looked like an alien! I still do love Jaqueline :)
Thursday (8/2) Dyan came to visit and Cadence loved her! She was so alert and snuggly with Dyan, what a good judge or character.
When Cadence was almost two weeks old (7/26) she rolled over on her tummy from her back. Michael did not believe me and our peditrician needed some convincing too. Well today (8/4) Michael finally saw her do it to! Jessica and Colleen also came over in the afternoon for a visit. They brought us yummy zingerman’s bread, lunch meat, cheese and peaches. They brought cupcakes from the ann arbor cupcake shop. Everything was so yummy and they just loved snuggling with the baby. They ended up staying four hours and we had a really nice visit.
We ran to Costco after the visit and bought a flip video camera. The camera is awesome! It’s really easy to use and we’ve already started to video Cadence. We made a video to send to Grandpa Leon in China.
We found her stump by the basket I throw her sleep sack on. The kitties didn’t eat it after all (LOL)!
Monday (8/6) The doctor’s appointment went great! She’s up to 7 pounds 2 ounces and gained 15 ounces in a week! What a little porker! She gets to stop with the bottles and I can stop pumping so much. Thank God! I was getting so tired pumping all the time like that. It’s really hard work making all that milk. If she doesn’t nurse well during one of her sessions I’ll still give her a bottle. I’ll probably continue the night bottles for her to sleep better too. The pediatrician said to go ahead and let her sleep for 7 hours at a time if she will. I’m all for that!
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