Good check-up!

Lucy & I had a very good day yesterday, busy but good. First we saw her pediatrician for a weight check and she now weighs 9 lb. 10.5 ou, which is up 11 ounces in 14 days. Generally at her age, they like to see approximately an ounce per day, so she's not quite there, but not too far off, and her doctor was happy with how she was doing. His main concern was that she doesn't seem to have much of a drive to eat (much different than her mom!!)...we almost always wake her up to eat rather than her crying to let us know she's hungry. We are still feeding her every 3 hours. If we go 4 hours at night, she will almost always wake up before 4 hours hungry, but during the day, we generally are waking her to eat. But on the flip side, she is eating well when we wake her up, so that's a really good thing. The breastfeeding is going much better to the point that her doctor said we could start trying to use the bottle less and less to supplement her. Hopefully we'll get to the point where she doesn't need a bottle at all after breastfeeding. It seems like we're almost there, because lately she shows very little interest in the bottle after I'm done nursing her.

The other fun thing we did yesterday was go to a Mom/baby group. It was really fun. There were about 30 moms & babies there, and the format was really laid back. Once a month, they have a speaker come and talk to the group about various topics. Otherwise, it's just a chance for moms & babies to get to know each other, and when the babies graduate at 6 months old, they usually join a play group that has come out of the relationships formed in this group which is great. The moms take turns asking questions and other moms in the group can give advice and feedback. I really enjoyed talking to two women next to me and it's very comforting to share our experience and feel reassured from other moms about similar experiences they've had.

As I write this, Lucy is snoozing in her warm cozy pink sling that I'm wearing. That thing is a god sent! Hope everyone is doing well. Love, Andrea, Chris, Lucy & Daisy