Zoey’s Weight Check

We took Zoey to the doctor this morning for a quick weight check and she has gained 4oz, bringing her to 5lb 4oz, just an ounce under her birth weight. Woohoo!! I’ve never been so excited in my life :) I’m so proud of my little princess. I guess all of these 2 hour feedings are really starting to pay off. It gives me more motivation to stick with it now that I know it is working.

Last night we gave her another sponge bath and boy did she smell delicious. We are using that Method brand baby wash and it just smells so yummy. We went to Babies R Us yesterday morning to use up some gift certificates that were going to expire. I got the changing table pad, some parts for my breast pump and a few miscellaneous items. We got her a little preemie clothing set that comes with a sleeper, a onesie, a shirt, pants and a bib. It all fits her soo well, which makes me so happy!

Gene and I are still hanging in there. We have our moments of extreme sleepiness. Not surprisingly, most of those moments happen in the middle of the night. Sometimes it is really hard to wake up every 2 hours. I wont lie, I’ve slept an hour over the timer a couple of times just because my body would much rather have 3 hours of sleep, instead of 2. We’re doing well though and I can tell that Zoey’s tummy is growing because she is now eating an average of 1 1/2 oz per feeding as compared to the 1/2 to 1 oz she was eating before.

I’m still cheering on my breast milk! I am still working with Zoey to latch on and she did last night but she fell asleep as soon as she got the nipple in her mouth. She is just too sleepy when she gets close to mama’s skin. We are feeding formula every other feed and usually after 2 pumping sessions I can get 1 1/2 oz of breastmilk and feed taht to her every other feed. It makes me beyond happy to give her my breast milk because I know that is the absolute best for her. But again, I am just glad to give her ANY food to help her gain weight at this point.

Oh and an update on me, I am doing great! My c-section seems to be healing nicely. I’m gonna go to the doctor on Monday to have them check my incision. It doesn’t hurt as bad as it did at first and seems to be doing well. She took the staples out the Friday we left the hospital and taped it up so it wouldn’t tear open and I think the only thing causing discomfort at this point is the tape. When it pulls on my skin it hurts pretty badly. I think Gene and I may be moving back into our bedroom next week.. Crossing my fingers on that! And the other good news is that I’ve lost about 22lbs since I gave birth to Zoey.