This week we hit the big 2 week mark. Still feeling surreal and foggy that our family is complete and we are now two weeks into our new normal. We went to the Dr for the first time since the hospital and got a little bit of a lecture about not bringing him in sooner since she felt like he wasn't gaining weight as quickly as she would like. I, for the first time, didn't agree. He left the hospital weighing 8lbs 8oz. Today he was 8lbs 4 oz. He was eating and sleeping great and looked very healthy. She suggested we start fortifying my breast milk with formula to make it higher calorie until he was 2 months. And to wake him up every 3 hours round the clock. Everything inside me felt like this was wrong. I asked if I could see a lactation specialist and have my milk calories tested and do pre and post nursing weight. She said she felt like that wouldn't be as much help as he needed. She also wanted me to come in every 3-5 days and have him weighed which I was not about to do with all of the germs. I left the appointment so frustrated and questioning myself. I decided to follow my gut and continue doing what I had been doing. So I called my NICU lactation specialist. I made an appointment to go see her the following week. At that appt he was 8lbs 5 oz. We did pre and post weights and he was taking just over 3 oz a feeding which was more than enough for his age and weight. My milk tested at 22kcal and the hind mild was 25 kcal which both are above average. So the lactation specialist suggested bringing him back for another weight in a week. The next week he was 9lbs she was super impressed and said to keep doing what we were doing. A week later while in the area I stopped and he was a whopping 10lbs! No weight gain problems here. Then I stopped worrying so much.
I love when he's asleep and just melts into you. Moments like these are the ones I will really miss as he gets older and stops doing it
When this little guy is awake he is taking the world in a second at a time.
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