I apologize for the delay in postings. Juliette keeps me very busy. Juliette and I have been home now for almost 3 weeks while Bryan has been at work. My first week home with Juliette went pretty well. When Juliette was 3 weeks old I decided to take her in for a weight check to see how she was doing. She didn't gain as much weight as the doctor would have liked so he suggested we supplement with either some of my pumped milk or formula. Unfortunately, I didn't have that much of my milk stored yet to supplement with so we had to use some formula too. Supplementing with my milk and formula seemed to really help Juliette's diaper rash. It cleared up very quickly after we started. So that week I spent basically nursing Juliette, supplementing from a bottle and then pumping only to start the cycle again less than 2 hours later. After a week of supplementing I took Juliette back in for another weight check and she had gained almost 13 ounces in one week. The pain was worth it. This week I am trying to cut back the supplementing. This morning I nursed Juliette and she didn't even want the bottle afterwards. Yay! She was full from me and slept for an hour afterwards. Overall things are going well. Juliette only wakes twice in the night usually between 2 and 3am and then again between 4 and 6am to eat or a diaper change. I've gotten used to is.
This morning while I was pumping in my living room, I heard the outside faucet turn on. I thought this was odd. I look out my living room window and see one of the construction workers just outside my window. Of course I freak out, since I'm sitting on my couch with my breast pump attached to me. I bet he got a real shock if he had looked in the window. When I saw him he had his backed turned to me.
I'll try to post some pictures of Juliette soon. She is up to 9 lbs and almost 22 inches long. She's a growing girl.
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