On thursday, Cassidy made two weeks! We had our first pediatrician appointment, during which I was neurotically afraid they would take her away from us because she already has horrible diaper rash and nose congestion. However, we passed our "test" with flying colors! Our most exciting news is that she gained not just the recommended 5-7 ounces which would have returned her to her birth weight of 5lbs 15oz, but instead a whopping 1lb 7oz!
Yep, you read that right... 1lb7oz, which brings her up to 6lbs15oz!
The doctor was thrilled and said we could stop supplementing with formula. I'm thrilled about that because I've recently come to the conclusion that the formula we were supplementing with was giving her horrible gas, not to mention it will cut down on the amount of time it takes for each feeding.
We knew she had gained, but we had no idea it was so much! We shouldn't be surprised since it seems that all we did for the first 2 weeks was feed her constantly and in increasingly large amounts. But still, I feel rather proud of us when I think of the surprise and excitement on the nurse's and doctor's faces at seeing her weight gain!
So we are now feeding exclusively breast milk, most directly from the source, and some expressed and bottled. I'm a bit concerned about my body's ability to keep up with our little one's growing appetite, but we are going to do our best not to return to formula.
So here are some new pictures of our "not so little" Cassidy!
Glad to see Cassidy is chubbing up!! She does look adorable, as do mom, dad and grandma and grandpa! Keep posting pics, we love to see them.
ReplyDeleteshe is adorable! congrats on a huge weigh gain. Your body will adjust to your ever growing little girl. Maddy nursed till 18 months. Congrats again!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to see an update! Glad things are going so well!
ReplyDeleteCassidy is BEAUTIFUL! You are looking fabulous (I'm so jealous).I like these new pictures. Baxter is looking a wee but jealous :)
ReplyDeleteCassidy is just beautiful. Jen, you look so happy! So glad to see. Poor doggies! I hope they are coping okay. I loved the pic with grandpa and grandma. Hope you are getting some more sleep!
ReplyDeleteYou both look so proud, as you should be. She's sooo cute! Can't wait to see her.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all of you on the birth of Cassidy. Pictures are adorable (except for Grandpa). Blessings to all of you.
ReplyDeleteJoe and Pat (and Marge's comments).
Saw your pictures . Everyone looks great and glad your back home. Is Lou Dobbs interviewing you at your house!! He looks better in person.
ReplyDeleteOO&XX's!
Melisa and Donny