Emma went back to the pediatrician today at 9am. She weighs exactly 7 lbs today. This brings her weight loss down to just 5% of her birth weight.
5/27 (Birth): 7 lb 6 oz
5/29 (Discharged) : 7 lb 2 oz
6/1 : 6 lb 4 oz
6/2 : 6 lb 11 oz
6/3 : 7 lb
She goes back on Friday for her 4th appointment.
Christina is also doing great. She’s such a great mom. She’s very patient with the baby and you can tell the baby enjoys being close to her.
As for me, I am tired but I really cannot complain because I know I have been sleeping more than Christina has been. She has been letting me sleep a little more since I’m back to work already. But, I’m still pretty tired. And really, kind of delirious.
Case in point – last night, there was a pile of papers on the coffee table. Under normal circumstances, I could have tackled that pile of papers in 10 minutes. But this time, it took me half an hour to turn the big pile of papers into 5 smaller piles of paper and I stopped there because I was too tired to continue. So now, not only is there papers on the coffee table, there is papers on the chairs, too.
Another example – As soon as I got up this morning, Christina asked me to take Emma in for a diaper change. (I keep wanting to call them nappies. I think this is because of all the UK TV shows I watch.) Anyway, I got out of bed and took her to the changing table in the nursery. I couldn’t get the new diaper on until I realized I was trying to do it backwards (RELAX – I had the diaper backwards, NOT the baby). Once I was done, it was obvious Helen Keller could have done a better job, so I had to loosen it, reposition it and put it all back together. If anybody was watching me on BabyCam, they would have laughed for sure.
We’re really enjoying this whole parenting thing. The sense of new found responsibility can be overwhelming, but it’s all good. I think this was a great decision we made.
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