Well, our weekend got off to an awful start. In addition to the cold Elizabeth and Felicity had gotten, Cecilia got a stomach bug and spent Saturday and Sunday throwing up. By Saturday night, Teresa and I had the cold as well. So by Sunday morning, we had James with his almost 3 week enduring cough/congestion, Cecilia with her stomach bug, and Elizabeth, Teresa and I with colds. Fortunately, Felicity seemed pretty much all better but, needless to say, none of us made it to Church. James was healthy enough to go, but being Palm Sunday, leaving me sick with a sick newborn, sick 1 year old and vomiting 3 year old for an hour and a half was just not a good idea.
So Sunday was spent resting as much as was humanly possible. And it was good we did. By the end of Sunday Cecilia seemed to be feeling better wanting to play with Felicity. Teresa wanted to sleep so much she cut her nursing about in half. (You women may have some appreciation for how my night was when a baby who was nursing a lot suddenly just wants to sleep!) But I made sure she nursed at least every couple or few hours.
Friday I gave Teresa her weekly bath. (Babies this young really don't need baths, but small things like clean tushies and clean behind the ears or around the neck can benefit from a nice cleaning and I like to keep baths a familiarity.) Just for fun, I also weighed her. She was 9 pounds 4 ounces. That is 12 ounces more than 8 days ago. She is supposed to average a 5 to 7 ounce gain per week. Check. Plus, considering she only really dirties a diaper once every day or other day, it is nice to know it isn't because she isn't getting enough. Clearly its going in. And this helps account for the adorable double chin she gained in the last week.
After such a miserable weekend and with so many of us sick, I wasn't worried about schoolwork at all but Monday morning Cecilia wanted to do her reading lesson. And she got so into it, when the story for the lesson turned out only to be part 1, she asked to do the next lesson as well. Per her request, she reread both lessons Tuesday. Wednesday she read another two lessons and, while she skipped Thursday, reread them again on Friday. At this rate she will finish the book before we move. Good thing I've been looking into which books come next.
Teresa seems to have three names. James, Cecilia and I call her "Teresa," Felicity calls her "Resa," and Elizabeth calls her "Sa."
Wishing you a very Blessed Tridium and Holy Pascale Sunday!!!
Wow, what a trying Holy Week! Shelby used to empty her diaper in a blow-out every.single.feeding. Sometimes between sides too! So when Joey came along and had one bowel movement a week, I thought for sure something was wrong. My pediatrician assured me that was normal too. She said some breastfed babies they see are like Shelby and some are like Joey. I then verified her info with moms on several breastfeeding bulletin boards on line. Personally, I like Teresa's method. Right down the middle! Blessings for a healthy and Holy Easter! Kristen
ReplyDeleteI meant fill her diaper! Joey is "helping" empty the trash right now. Evidently I cannot type and listen at the same time.
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ReplyDeleteOh I know what you mean. Yeah, I'm kindof glad she isn't dirtying her diaper every feeding. I can't imagine her diapers being able to hold much more than she demands of them now so I'm likewise glad she doesn't try to delay more between dirty diapers than she does. She takes her diaper just to the limit most times and occasionally beyond. Happy Easter, Kristen!!!
One of my boys used to go many days between poopy diapers. The pediatrician said some babies are very efficient at using breastmilk. Once he went more than seven days and I scheduled a doctor visit, after trying some prune juice in water and corn syrup in water. Of course he had an enormous blow-out in the waiting room!
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