So now the doctor appointment updates will be for Marissa...not me!!
Last Tuesday we went to the doctor to make sure her jaundice was gone and didn't need to be treated...and the doc assured us that she was doing great (gave her an A+) and didn't have the jaundice anymore. She asked about feeding and I told her that it was a struggle to keep Marissa awake for longer than 15-20 minutes during a feeding, and I think she was a little concerned so wanted a follow up for one week, which was 2/26.
I have been worried sick that she wasn't getting enough food...despite the fact that she had plenty of pee pee and poopy diapers (the main indicator that her food intake is OK). So they weighed her at the appointment and she had gone from 6 lbs 14 oz to 7 lbs 12 oz in one week! The doctor was amazed. This is good news because it means that she's eating plenty (the goal is to get them back to their birth weight by the time they are two weeks old...and obviously she surpassed that). So the doctor said she didn't need to see us again until her 1 month appt. And, she told me that I can keep feeding her at the 2-3 hour intervals during the day, but at night I can let her go for five hours if she doesn't wake up on her own (this is huge in terms of sleeping for mommy). So last night I set the alarm for 5 hour intervals and she woke up on her own at 4 hours and 3 hours...it will be a learning process. The more she sleeps during the day the more she'll wake up at night...and she's currently a day sleeper. However, I am going to work hard at getting more "awake" periods from her during the day to try and get her days and nights straight.
She is truly a joy (and a challenge at the same time).
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