Unbelievable

Allison had her final home health nurse visit yesterday and her current weight is 6lbs!! That's a 30% increase from her birth weight. We are almost out of preemie diapers as well. I can't believe how big she is getting... Rather, how small she was. I was looking at some of the pics from the hospital today and she was so tiny her binky took up her entire face and now it fits her almost perfectly. It's amazing that's she's only been home with us for not quite a month because I feel like she's been with us forever.

Story Time with Aunt Re

Mmmm... TastyDaaaad, I wanna hold it!

Procrastination

Honestly, there isn't much going on in the Binning house... Matt is at the hockey game with Dan and his mom, so I'm left to my own devices with Allison. I should be pumping, but I'm procrastinating... I'm not very good at doing things a couple times a day, let alone 8-12 times. But since she still won't latch, this is what needs to be done to keep up my meager milk supply. I figured that I spend about 8 hours a day between bottle feeding, pumping, and attempting to nurse. It doesn't leave much time or energy for anything else. The hardest part is not being able to keep up with my other household tasks, but I know it's worth it for her to be getting at least some of my milk with her formula. The whole thing is just so frustrating... Ok, now I've guilted myself into doing it... Sorry to bore you guys with my new mom rants.

So Big!

Allison is definitely growing like a weed!! In the last week, she has grown out of two sleepers so I knew she was getting bigger but had no idea how much. When we went to the doctor yesterday she had gained 11oz in one week! That's almost double the expected 1oz per day growth!! She has also spent the last few nights in her "big girl bed." Not that sleep is something that comes easily around a newborn, but her constant preemie grunts were keeping us from catching any shut eye. She has done pretty well (some of which I can attribute to the vibrating bouncer I put on the other end of the crib!) and it allows me to actually sleep in bed rather than the recliner.