Gabriela really enjoys eating. She eats practically every hour, but only for like 5 or 10 minutes at a time because she totally passes out, drunk on milk. Before each feeding, she gets really excited and starts making these little snorty piggy noises that she only makes when it's time to eat.
Like I said before, she only lost 1.5 ounces from her birth weight, which is really low. When I was at my doctor appointment today, one of the midwives was holding her and commented on how heavy she was. Now, just last Friday Gabriela was 8 lbs 3 ounces. The midwife weighed her, came back and told me to guess how much Gabriela weighed...
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wait for it...
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This girl weighed NINE pounds and NINE ounces!!! Now she had her diaper and clothes on, but that can't be more than a few ounces, right?
The lactation consultant said we are doing just fine. Even though Gabriela eats practically every hour during the day, she only wakes up to eat like twice during the night. What a good (big) baby.
2 comments:
Good Golly, Miss Molly
Little Gabriela is trying to outgrow her name.
haha! i love your description of Gabriela's pre-feeding excitement. what a sweetie!
good to hear she's eating well, and growing big and strong!
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