Friday brought about 2 appointments for Lauryn. We met with the pediatrician first, who had glowing reports! Although Lauryn is only in the 5th percentile for her size, she is growing at an amazing rate. They wanted her to be back to her birth weight of 5.15, and she blew that out of the water by weighing in at 6.9! We were thrilled to hear the news, and even more excited to listen to the doctor say that we can now "feed on demand" instead of the battling with waking her up every 2-3 hrs to eat. Megan was in tears with hearing that news. Not sure if that was due to excitement, lack of sleep, or irratic hormone levels!
The second appointment was with the lactation consultant ("Milk Maid" according to Eric) and she, too, said the same about the feedings! She wants us to supplement with an extra 2 bottles a day, but we will take that if we can sleep for 4-5 hours at a time instead of 1.5! When she weighed Lauryn and Megan made the comment of Lauryn becoming a "chunker", she laughed and said, "If 6.9lbs is a chunker, we are going to have to clarify a few things!"
Lauryn seems to be doing well with the new feeding plan, and we are back in on Tuesday for a weight check to see if she is getting enough from mom. We pray that she is because mom and dad are surely enjoying the more relaxing schedule of only feeding when she is hungry!
"Megan was in tears with hearing that news. Not sure if that was due to excitement, lack of sleep, or irratic hormone levels!"
ReplyDeleteYes, yes and yes!
Glad to hear things are going well. Hope to meet Miss Lauryn soon!