July 26, 2012

Rylan: 3 weeks

It'll be three weeks tomorrow, and we're all still alive!!! Really though, I couldn't ask for an easier baby. Rylan is such a good little sleeper, we have to wake her up to feed her! Feedings are going ok, but I never knew breastfeeding was this hard! I'm always worried I'm not making enough milk, or that I'm doing something wrong. It doesn't help that she lost quite a bit of weight after birth...she went from 7# 11oz at birth to 7# 1oz at our first doctor's visit. As of last week we were still lagging at 7# 6oz, but we've been working hard on getting that up this week, and she just so happened to reach the first milestone of passing her birth weight, she was 7# 12oz yesterday! That's an ounce a day for a week straight!! The doctor was happy, so that put mommy at ease. I just started pumping last week too, to help boost production so I really feel like all I do is feed her! I don't get much {like an ounce and a half after each feeding} but we're working on it by drinking a ton of water and more eating often. Ross jokes that our living room has turned into a "milking parlor". Sigh.

Here's what Rylan has been up to the past three weeks...
  • You finally reached your birth weight...19 days later
  • You've grown almost an inch already!
  • We took our first family overnight trip to the cottage in Traverse City when you were 1 week old and you did great!
  • You're sleeping 3-3 1/2 hours straight at night {we wake you up for feedings}
  • You're a slow eater, and it takes anywhere from 20-45 minutes for you to finish nursing
  • You have great head control already and you love tummy time! Daddy thinks you look like a little turtle when you poke your head up and around. So stinkin' cute!
  • Mommy broke all the rules she set for herself; you're definately a paci baby & co-slept the first week and a half of life {bad mommy}
  • You wear newborn size diapers & clothes
  • You have a ton of long, blonde hair! Instead of falling out, it seems to be growing! We love dressing you up with little bows and headbands. The only downfall is that it makes you look so much older than you are :( Mommy wants you to stay little FOREVER!
  • You did so good in church! We were a little nervous and sat in the back, but you were quiet the whole time and all the little old ladies just loved you!
  • We had family pictures taken this week, and they turned out so great! Preview coming soon. 

bathtime!

snuggles with Bethany

posing

naptime with daddy

You love:
Hanging out on your changing table
Car rides and being outdoors
Bath time and being naked
Your furry big brother, Elvis
Your family--grandpas, grandmas, aunties & uncle
All the presents and meals everyone brings us! You just love having vistors!

You're learning:
How to lift and move that little noggin of yours
Routine--what "cues" mean it's time to eat/sleep
How to look us right in the eye when we talk with you

You dislike:
Being swaddled...you liked it for a minute, then decided it wasn't for you.
Mommy's phone. Everytime it rings or texts, you jump a mile high.
We love you, Rylan Marie!

4 comments:

  1. You want to see a milking parlor, come to my house!

    I think 20-45 miniutes to nurse is pretty normal, they get faster as they get older. It takes Gunner at least 20 minutes for the bottle.

    Yay for a great sleeper, I never woke my kids at nigtt to feed them...although I never had to though either. They woke up at 3 hours on the dot, Gunner is a little better . Sometimes we get 4 and a couple of times we've gotten 6 hours.

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