We're starting to emerge from the haze of the early infant days. A quick recap of how things are going over the last month! (I can't believe Amelia is a month old already!!)
2 trips to the ER!! In very exciting, and inconvenient moments late at night, we've taken 2 trips to the Emergency Room. In the first week or so, I passed a blood clot with extra bleeding - the good news was that everything was fine and we were sent back home. Last week, Amelia choked while nursing. In a very scary moment, she turned blue. We did what we were supposed to do, and helped her clear it all up. After she was settled and fine, we called the pediatrician to make sure we had done everything right, but they sent us to the ER anyway. While there, they monitored her oxygen level which seemed a little low. So after an x-ray gave us the "all clear", we were sent along on our way with everything all right. Why is it that emergencies always happen in the middle of the night?!?
New sleeping arrangements! After our little choking incident, we've been totally freaked out to put Amelia to sleep on her back after nursing. The pediatrician mentioned that we should "play with her sleeping angle" so we've been putting her to sleep in the swing, not swinging. Since then, she has been sleeping great! For the first time since we brought her home, she is sleeping for more than 1 hour. In fact, last night she slept from 9:30-2:30... which was much needed! I've invested in a little travel sleeping rocker which will keep her at the same angle so we don't have to carry the swing up and down stairs. It should arrive today, so we'll see how that goes. But after we got little use of the swing with Miles, we are insanely happy that Amelia LOVES it!!!
Miles still seems in love with his little sister, but is regressing a bit. Miles always wants "Miles turn hold Mila" and we indulge him frequently. He now counts her on his "must kiss" list before bed and gets upset when he can't see her for some reason. On the other hand, his bedtime has gotten a little trickier, which is to be expected. We now spend more time with him than we used to, just giving him extra attention and assurance that he is loved. He is also waking up earlier and earlier, which we are trying to fight, but aren't winning at this point. Oh well, it's a journey and we are on it.
Amelia is growing great and is a relatively easy baby. At her 1 month doctor appointment, she measured in at about 50% on everything, height, weight and head circumference. (More the come later on her growth). Amelia has gone through several growth spurts and is a very active eater, but we are finally getting into something that may resemble a schedule (which is nice!!!). I think on the worst day, I spent about 7 1/2 hours feeding her over a 24 hour period and 15 feeding events. Needless to say it was rough, but now that she is growing so big, she is stretching out to 2.5 - 3 hours, except the fussy period between 4 & 8 at night.
Speaking of schedules, she is waking up now, and I have work to do. More to come later...
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