Healthy Baby

We had our first baby appointment yesterday. Which had Summer taking her second car ride. She was pretty sleepy and loved it!

Summer's pediatrician checked her out and everything is pretty normal. Summer is experiencing a tiny bit of physiological jaundice. She was prescribed 15 minutes of indirect sunlight, twice a day. :-) So, I got her out this morning for a full dose, and yesterday I only gave her half of one dose, since she got hungry.

Her weight was back up a little. As you'll recall, Summer was born at 7 lbs 11.2 oz. When she left the hostpical she was at 7 lbs 2 oz. At her appointment on Thursday she was up to 7 lbs 6.5 oz. So, her feedings are going well, her poop is transitioning and basically her pipes are good!

After checking out Summer we had a lactation consultant appointment and Jess got some pointers on how to get Summer to latch on a little better. Since that appointment Summer is latching on SUPER well, eating better, and most importantly Jessica is NOT experiencing pain during the feedings.

The only "problem" is that Summer is the sweetest thing during the day...when we change her diapers she whines a little, when anything bugs her, she whines a little...at night...it's a COMPLETELY different story. She HOWLS!!! Tuesday night it happened around 4-5 AM. Wednesday night it happened about 2-3AM. Last night it was right after Eric and Denise left...she was going nuts from 11-12:30... So, it appears that may be moving earlier, which is good, since Jess and I try to get things done during the day while she sleeps...when we COULD be trying to nap with her. Seems it is getting less and less, so we're doing all right. The first two nights Jess was still hurting breast-feeding, so it was hard to try to keep feeding...now it's all good.

So, that's Summer...a healthy baby!!! YAY!!!