The first two weeks of Caden's life have been a bit rocky. After a few days of what the pediatrician originally suspected to be acid reflux or a dairy loterance issue, we ultimately discovered that Caden was not breastfeeding as one would expect, so we had to resort to feeding Caden with a bottle. This was done for multiple reasons. Most importantly we could track what he is/was eating. He's still getting breast milk (I have rented a hospital grade pump to keep up my supply), but he's solely fed by a bottle. Thank goodness Daddy is still on paternity leave as it takes some extra hands to feed.
Sadly (break my heart), Caden's weight dropped as low as 7 pounds, 14 ounces at 9 days old. However, after a mere 5 days of bottle feeding, he weighed in at 9 pounds 1 ounce yesterday - yippee!!! That makes everybody happy around here!
Even with all the drama of feeding, Caden has been enjoying his visitors this past week. While Daddy went to work, Grandma Donna came to spend the day, which included a lot of rocking chair time. Although it was a rough night for Caden, he really appreciated his cousin Evan coming over to meet him. It was especially nice of Evan to share some of his blankets with Caden. Last weekend, Caden had fun hosting a slumber party with Papa Ron, Grandma Nancy, Aunt Ann and cousin Addeson. Addeson introduced Caden to some fun shows on the Disney channel (so much for ESPN Daddy!).
Here are a few recent pictures of Caden:
1 comment:
Congratulations! Hang in the there, the "feeding frenzies" and the craziness of newborn bootcamp will get much easier. Take care. Gina
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