During our first week home, my mom was here to help us out while we figured out what we needed to be doing. We also took Alex to the pediatrician for the first time. She had lost 10% of her birth weight. Alex wasn't breastfeeding and so I wasn't producing anything for her. The doctor suggested pumping and supplementing with formula to get her weight back up and seeing a lactation consultant to help with our feeding issues. We ended up giving her formula for a few days with breast milk until I was able to pump enough to feed Alex without the formula. We saw the lactation consultant and she said we should have no problems but Alex is too stubborn and won't cooperate if she doesn't want too. So I have been pumping and Alex has been gaining weight.
After my mom left and Greg went back to work, its just been Alex and I at home. We have been doing our best to figure out a schedule. Eating, sleeping, pumping and snuggling.
We survived our first week alone and are now working on sleeping through the night. Alex has only been waking up for one middle of the night feeding (between 1-3am) and then an early morning (between 5-7am) feeding. She has been dealing with some congestion problems. Doctor says it just congestion or she has reflux. She also likes to keep spit/drool in her chipmuck cheeks and then she has a hard time swallowing it. So we are working on remedies for both issues. Humidifier and saline drops if she is congested from the dry desert air and sleeping on an incline and adding rice cereal to her night bottle for the reflux. She's better but the congestion hasn't resolved itself yet.
Alexandria is just as cute as can be.
Alex also went back to the pediatrician at two weeks and she is back to her birth weight and she grew 2 inches. Alex has outgrown almost all the newborn size clothes but the 3 month clothes are still slightly too big. Trying my best to chunk her up.
We also had a photo shoot with Alex when she was a week old and I just got the photos back from the photographer. I have posted a few on Facebook and Instagram..
