This mama is sooo behind so let's jump right in shall we?
Sleep: The first few nights before my milk came in she was up every two hours. Not long after my milk was in Charlie started sleeping 3-4 hour stretches. There are even some nights she'll go 6 hours straight. This month consisted of a lot of sleeping. Day sleeping, night sleeping. But that's newborn days right?
Eating: Month One consisted of every two hours. When she hit 3 weeks old, she had a few consecutive days that she would nurse every hour for 20 minutes. If you do the math that means by the time she finished nursing, she burped there was perhaps 20 minutes left to enjoy to myself. We went through a phase where she refused the left breast. I mean, screamed bloody hell and acted like I was killing her. There were a few days (okay, several) that I almost threw in the towel on nursing and went straight to the store for formula. I wanted to pull my hair out. Thankfully both the breast preference and the every hour nursing were phases. We started using a bottle once a day at 2 weeks old and she did great. There was a little bit of tension when I would try to nurse her so we eliminated the bottle for a little while.
Wearing: Newborn sizes in both clothes and diapers. Charlie is long and lean it seems. I keep waiting for her to get those baby chubs and it doesn't seem to be catching on. This makes clothes a bit difficult. She worn newborn sizes all through month one though but there were brands that worked and some that didn't.
Size: Charlie was born at 6 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long. We left the hospital at 6 lbs 4 oz. She progressively gained weight and her pediatrician was pleased. Two weeks after she was born she weighed in 7 lbs 6 oz and 20 and half inches long.
What a sweet pea <3
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