6 Days Old

Wow.  I can't believe you're already 6 days old!  The time is going so quickly!  I don't even know where the days go - seems like it's morning and then it's night and everything in between just goes by in a blur!

You are such a good baby.  You never cry.  When you're hungry you just kind of fuss a little, but that's it!  Everyone says to just wait...that one of these days you'll wake up, and we'll wish for the days when you never cried.  You are a serious baby.  You sleep a lot, but when you are awake you are looking around, trying to make sense of the blurred images around you.  

You have already had several visitors, and even with all the commotion around, you take it in stride.

You have the best facial expressions already - we love to just sit and watch  you.

Mama got a call from a nurse today.  She wanted to know if we wanted to have a home visit.  I told her about your weight loss and said I was really concerned.  She agreed and said that you had lost more than 10% of your weight and that you should be seen - either by your doctor or one of their nurses.  I agreed to try to get a hold of our doctor in the morning.  

While you took to breastfeeding right away, it's hard because I never know how much you're getting.  We have decided to continue supplementing with formula for now since you are losing so much weight.  Hopefully we'll get back to the doctor tomorrow and get this weight thing figured out.