4 Days Old

I am not posting any photos. Sorry. Too lazy to grab them off the camera. I will get some good ones tomorrow morning when the lighting is good.

So, since my last post, Nina has lost almost 9% of her birth weight. The danger zone comes when they hit 10% so we are supplementing with formula every 3 hours today and probably tomorrow. This is fine. We had to do the same with Jack and at least Nina doesn't have jaundice. My milk finally came in today so we should be able to drop the formula tomorrow, I hope. We will have to go back to the hospital for another weight check and we'll determine a course of action from there. The important bits are happening: she's pooping more, peeing a lot more (dehydration is the biggest concern with newborn weight loss), and is even eating more. She's received 3 bottles since we've been home and has demanded to nurse in between them. She doesn't seem to be developing nipple confusion, which is also fantastic.

Speaking of poop. OMG. Sorry, but the first few weeks of your kid's life revolve around bodily functions. They really don't do much else. Jack has always been a solid, once a day pooper. When he was very tiny, it took 3 days for him to produce his first poop in the hospital. After that, we could pretty much clock him in at once a day. During the times when he was exclusively breastfed, he would go up to 6 days without pooping and Todd would freak out and we'd feed him formula and he'd poop (upon reflection, we should have known he was mildly lactose intolerant). So far, Nina has pooped at least 6 times today with 2 pee only diapers and she peed all over the nurse during her weight check.

Jack, as always, is awesome. When Nina fusses, he demands we give her her "burple!" (binky) and it is adorable. He tries to give it to her but is a little too rough. We're working on being gentle to sister. He won't kiss her, touch her (except to offer "burple"), or really acknowledge her. He likes to demand we put her places: the bouncy, back on the floor after a diaper change, and give her back to mommy so we can play daddy! GEEZ! He has learned new words this week: bowling, pogo, diaper, June (from Little Einsteins), battery, and Pop Pop. He doesn't seem to be negatively affected by a lack of mommy attention. Which is good and bad. I miss my Jack snuggles. He did climb up in the recliner with me this morning and we cuddled for a bit and that was especially nice.

My recovery is going well. I use Motrin during the day and then take my Vicodin at night. It's mostly to help me relax and sleep. I find it uncomfortable to lay on my sides without flinching or tensing, so it's nice to have the pain medication for that reason. Nina sleeps in 2-3 hour stretches and because I'm still recovering I sleep on my back at an incline and she sleeps on my chest. She doesn't like to be all alone in the bassinet but will sleep in her Boppy pillow.