Mackenzie is definitely having a growth spurt - we changed a diaper this morning and had to leave behind all the Newborn sizes.... it's amazing that she's already outgrown them. Granted, size 1 diapers are for 8 lbs and up, so technically, she should have missed the newborn size, but we had a couple packages that we needed to us.
I think I will take the rest to the ALMS House around the corner from us, and donate them there, along with a couple of formula samples I recieved.
Baby slept long hours during the night last night. I think she ate at 10:30, then at 2:30 and then again at 6:00 and 7:45 this morning. Which means that Mom and Dad got to sleep a little. The 2:30 feeding was kind of challenging - she get's really frustrated when the milk comes out of the breast so slow and she is starving, so Phil took her and fed her an ounce from a bottle, just to calm her down. Then, she latched right on.
At the 6:00 a.m. feeding, the situation was similar, so he fed her 1/2 an ounce from the bottle, and then latched right on to me. I am obviously trying to avoid the stress of a crying fest, but when she's all wound up like that, we get nothing accomplished and mom gets just as frustrated as baby. I know she needs to learn that milk from me comes out a lot slower and she's going to have to be patient with it, but when her blood sugar is obviously low, her hands get in the way, she can't latch, etc.
So, we are making slow progress, but we are definitely making progress in the nursing dept.
And yes, I got out of the house yesterday. It was 9:30 p.m. but Phil and I took an outting with the sleeping baby to Walmart - not terribly exciting, but we accomplished something at least.
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