One Month Old!

Little Sky is ONE MONTH old today! She is also gaining weight - 7lbs 6oz at our Ped visit on Thurs. She's perfectly healthy now: the thrush is gone and we are done with the Deflucon antibiotics as of yesterday. Her belly button is looking good too. I'm able to set her down a bit more - in her bouncer, swing or infant seat - so I can get things done around the house without holding her all the time (although there are times she DOES want to be held and she cries until I pick her up, so I do it.) I'VE made alot of progress too! I finally got through that ton of mail and papers that I kept throwing in a recycled "baby gift bag". OK so I mailed the credit card payment the day it was due. I ordered the baby announcement cards and got the Thank You cards out.



Our feeding plan is going very well; I'm doing a "mix" of about 80% breast milk and 20% Nutramigen formula and this works well not only for her but also for me to sleep an extra couple of hours so Nick or Mom can give her a bottle or pump if Skylar decides to sleep through a feeding. She is a cluster-feeder and has established a schedule of about two periods a day where she likes to feed about every hour or so until she goes into a "milk coma" for about 5 or 6 hours at a time. Fine with me...allows me to sleep and get stuff done around her schedule. The main thing is she's gaining weight perfectly and always lets me know when she's hungry. There's no way to ignore it - she cries with greatening intensity and "roots" like Jabber Jaws when she wants to nurse. The gas cries are different - Nick and I are learning her language. What a great little communicator!