Isabel had her 2 week check up and she's doing great. She weighs 11 and a half pounds, so she more than gained back her birth weight. She's in the 100th percentile for weight, 92nd for head size and 95th for length. She's a big girl!
She's growing so much already. She's opening her eyes a lot now and her umbilical cord is off and healed. We're getting the hang of nursing together. I hadn't thought about outfits that work for breastfeeding, but I need to revamp my whole wardrobe to include clothing that makes nursing possible. I was wearing so many dresses towards the end of my pregnancy, but many of these won't work and sadly I probably won't be wearing many of them for a long while.
Isa's hair is lightening up so much in just a couple of weeks. We also finally took off her infant gloves so she can grab onto things. We just cut her nails by biting them, because we'e both scared to use the nail clippers for fear of cutting her little fingers. I feel like if we cut her she'd never forgive us -- which of course is not the truth, but I have such a strong instinct to protect her!
Overall, she's a very content baby. When she fusses, we can usually either pick her up, change her or feed her and she calms rights down. It is rare that she cries for longer than a few seconds. We're so lucky to have such a good and happy girl. She's spitting up a lot, which I think is normal. The lactation consultant at the hospital said that spit up is a laundry problem, not a nursing problem, which put my mind at ease.
It's so fun to watch her face change expression so quickly. She moves from smiling to scowling in a second and her faces are all her little brain synapses making connections. Soon she'll be able to control them more and start expressing herself with more of a controlled pattern. For now, it's really fun to see her brain working out all the possible combinations of facial expressions. We can't help but laugh when she smiles and hold her when she frowns, even though much of her expression is random.
We love her so much. I think Patrick, Isa and I all like the chest to chest position. That way, she can feel our heart beat and gets to curl up like in the womb. We hold her like that a lot and she's getting good at lifting her head off our chests. She's so strong and beautiful!
video of isa's faces here
She's growing so much already. She's opening her eyes a lot now and her umbilical cord is off and healed. We're getting the hang of nursing together. I hadn't thought about outfits that work for breastfeeding, but I need to revamp my whole wardrobe to include clothing that makes nursing possible. I was wearing so many dresses towards the end of my pregnancy, but many of these won't work and sadly I probably won't be wearing many of them for a long while.
Isa's hair is lightening up so much in just a couple of weeks. We also finally took off her infant gloves so she can grab onto things. We just cut her nails by biting them, because we'e both scared to use the nail clippers for fear of cutting her little fingers. I feel like if we cut her she'd never forgive us -- which of course is not the truth, but I have such a strong instinct to protect her!
Overall, she's a very content baby. When she fusses, we can usually either pick her up, change her or feed her and she calms rights down. It is rare that she cries for longer than a few seconds. We're so lucky to have such a good and happy girl. She's spitting up a lot, which I think is normal. The lactation consultant at the hospital said that spit up is a laundry problem, not a nursing problem, which put my mind at ease.
It's so fun to watch her face change expression so quickly. She moves from smiling to scowling in a second and her faces are all her little brain synapses making connections. Soon she'll be able to control them more and start expressing herself with more of a controlled pattern. For now, it's really fun to see her brain working out all the possible combinations of facial expressions. We can't help but laugh when she smiles and hold her when she frowns, even though much of her expression is random.
We love her so much. I think Patrick, Isa and I all like the chest to chest position. That way, she can feel our heart beat and gets to curl up like in the womb. We hold her like that a lot and she's getting good at lifting her head off our chests. She's so strong and beautiful!
video of isa's faces here
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