I do not remember it being this difficult with Eli. Then again, as moms we tend to block out the negatives of the first few week (months? years?) when it comes to our kids. Maddux is a great nurser in that when she wants to, she latches on completely and CHUGS. The bad news is, when she doesn't want to eat, or she's full, there is no way to coax her otherwise (though I'm still trying). Case in point, several times last night when she ate, I tried nursing for 45-50 minutes and only got ten minutes of actual eating time out of her. Hopefully she's just crazy efficient and getting all she needs in those ten minutes. It feels like she is, but again, it's been a year since I've done this so I don't really remember.
The doctor's appointment went great today. Instead of just a weight-check, they went ahead and made this Maddux' first official appointment, and I'll go next week for a weight-check. The doctor was not at all concerned about her weight loss (even though she is still at 6lb 5oz). She said that she's nursing often and she looks healthy (even though she's skin and bones as far as I'm concerned), so the "F" word (formula) never even came up. YIPPEE!!!
Eli is warming up very well. He even gave her two kisses. Hesitant kisses, but kisses nonetheless. He wants desperately to feed her when we eat dinner, so that will be a challenge...to not allow him to cover her with bananas and pasta and milk each day. He poked her ear today and said "ear" and then a while later her head and said "hair". He's coming around, but I'm still very very glad Grandma "Cappy" is still here.
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Maya was only 6 lbs. 10 oz. at birth so don't worry. Girls are dainty but if she's a good eater, she'll grow.
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