Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Is she all right?
Yes, BOTH Jennifer and Olivia are fine. Today we are dealing with moving from bottle feeding (learned in the hospital), to breast feeding. Tonight we managed a text book feed. Left breast 15 minutes, right breast 15 minutes, followed by expressed milk from a bottle (40 mls). Perfection! Even though Olivia is small for full term birth weight (she passed that weight with the community health nurse yesterday), she shakes her head like a dog trying to get the nipple into her mouth (breast or bottle). She has LOTS of energy, and we are happy to point it in the right direction. It's tough having visitors right now. We don't know when she will wake up, and after she eats, she is right back sleeping again. I'm sure this stage will pass soon. Right now, she is glad to be home, and so are we!
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2 comments:
Hey Mom and Dad - she is so so sooo sweet and I am so proud of the way you are doing this "together" - you will cherish these memories in your elderly phase of existence. I am only a cousin once removed but I am so excited about Olivia Love - such a powerful name with such awesome significance and mellifluous to boot! CONGRATS & love and best wishes Carolyn & family (I will be commemorating via a gift as soon as I can decide what - indecision must be a side effect of my current age).
yaaaaaay!! hurray!
many congrats and best wishes for lil' Olivia!! she's so sweet...!
we are sending you all our love and good vibes and energy for the sleepless nights to come...it encourages me and makes me feel better to know that we are all in the same pace ;)
xoxo
Manola
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