Friday, October 23, 2009

Doing Great!

Kaylan is one week old today and is doing wonderful! She is so much better than Kenny ever was at this point. Kenny would only sleep two hours max and would wake up just long enough to eat and get his diaper changed. He was also a super fussy baby when he did wake up.

Kaylan is a polar opposite! She has slept five hours straight the last two nights and only wakes long enough to eat and get changed, then go back to sleep for two and a half more hours. She has also been staying up for long stretches of two to four hours. While she is awake she just looks around taking in her surroundings and only starts to fuss when she gets hungry. She will eat and then stay awake continuing to just look around.

We have not been able to start cloth diapering yet though, because she is so little. The cloth diapers I got are way too big on her little legs and make them stick straight out! So, for the time being we are stuck using disposable ones.

Kenny has been a great big brother! He loves to hold and kiss her. He also always has to know where she is. If he can't find her he gets very upset and starts yelling at me. The only issue he seems to have so far is he doesn't like it when she cries (which is rare). I think it makes him panic because he doesn't know what is wrong and how to help her. When she starts to cry he runs over to me and says mommy help sissy, help.

Kaylan had her first check up on Wednesday and was back up to 7 lbs. 1 oz, she was down to 6 lbs. 12 oz. when we were discharged from the hospital. The family doc said she is doing great and was surprised she was already able to lift and hold her head off the table for a few seconds when he had her on her belly. She goes back next week for another weight check to make sure she is still getting enough milk since she is breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding started great at the hospital! As soon as she was born she was trying to eat the nurses thumb. When they brought her over to me she latched right on and didn't have any issues at all! By the time we got home my milk had come in and I was extremely engorged! My nipples were very raw and had already scabbed up. Every time I fed her the scabs would break open and my nipples just continued to get worse. Because of the milk over supply I was having to pump two to three times a day just to get some relief since there was no way she could eat that much! On Tuesday I noticed a red splotch on my left breast and it turns out it was the start of Mastitis. The doctor put me on antibiotics and the splotch is already fading, along with the pain. (I have also had severe itching in both my ears and it turns out I have a skin infection in both ears so I am on an ointment for that as well) It has now been one week of breastfeeding and my nipples are still very tender, but the scabbing is starting to heal. The engorgement is almost gone and I have only had to pump once a day for the past few days. Because of all the issues though I have been able to get a nice supply of breastmilk into the freezer.

Well, I suppose that is all for now. We are all just trying to stay away from all the gross germs and illnesses out there!

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