Yesterday Libby and I went to her pediatrician for her monthly check-up. She is doing so fantastic! I had guessed that maybe she would have gained a pound from her last visit. She weighed 7lb 11 oz the last time so I figured she'd be around 8lb 11 oz or so. Nope! She sure surprised me! She weighed in at 9lb 15oz and is now 23" long!! That puts her in the 95th percentile for height and the 74th for weight! I am so proud of her! And of me too. :) She is exclusively breastfeeding and that is obviously going quite well. We have been very blessed in many areas and that is one of them. She eats about every 2 to 4 hours but mostly about every 3. When she naps and at night she goes longer but in the evenings she tends to cluster feed. She's messing a lot of diapers so I know she's getting lots of milk! Plus, she sometimes coughs and chokes and gets sprayed in the face so I know she's getting a lot. :)
Speaking of diapers...I know you are all so very curious so I'll tell you! We've been using cloth diapers more and more. Mostly part time right now. Pretty much during the day when we're at home. But I think we'll start using them at night soon too. I should take some pictures of her in them - they're just so darn cute! If you're considering using cloth I would highly recommend it, it's a little more work but so worth it to me. I have 30 pre-folds and 4 covers and 9 Bum Genius diapers. You can buy the BG at Target so I was blessed with a lot of those as gifts. They're not as absorbent as 'sposies but that's a good thing! One of my main concerns with using the disposables so much is the chemicals which allow them to absorb so much fluid. Plus, they're supposed to make potty training a lot easier so that'll be nice! Anyway, they're not super scary and if anyone is interested I can write a more detailed post about it along with some pictures.
One more thing, she is starting to smile so much more! It's really adorable! I'll have to try to get more photographic evidence of it.
And we had a lot more snow yesterday, probably about 6in. so that's really pretty but makes it a little more difficult to get out, and I really, really need to get to the grocery store! We've ploughed through my freezer food and had grilled cheese for dinner last night. Which is not too bad but I'm trying to get rid of some baby weight so grilled chicken and veggies is a much better option!
Have a wonderful day!
1 comment:
Way to go!! That's so awesome how she's gaining. Now that she's probably up to 10 pounds, are you noticing if she's sleeping longer? One of my baby books said that babies can't sleep for longer than 4 hours at a time until they're about 10 pounds (and have bigger stomachs).
I don't know if that's different for bfed babies, though.
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