11 Days Old

I was thinking of doing a weekly update but the first week of Owen's life has already flown by in a blur so I  am doing an 11 day old update. 

Jennifer our midwife stopped by yesterday for a check up on us both and as we had suspected our little Owen is not staying little for long. He was born weighing 6lb 11oz, the three days in the hospital and not to much success in latching he had dropped below 6lb, a bit to much weight loss for them to let us go home. Luckily our nurse during that shift was very empathetic to my burning desire to go home and suggested we feed him a bottle of formula. She gave us an hour and came back to weigh him again. It worked and we were free!

Once home and with minimal interruptions and distractions (it felt like there was always someone poking or prodding us at the hospital) we were able to start our lives together. He has been a great eater from the get go, awake and hungry every two to three hours but still no success with latching. I was pumping and finger feeding him for the first eight or nine days and thankfully we have had a breakthrough and now able to breastfeed. 

Both Rob and I have seen the changes in him every day and he is filling out quite quickly. His delicate hands are becoming paws, his wee little toes are filling in and his beautiful round cheeks continue to be just that. Yesterdays weigh in measured 6lb 14oz, a fantastic feat in just 10 days. They usually allow two weeks for babies to get back to their birth weight.  

Some of the may feeding faces