Friday, June 25, 2010

10 Days Old

This is me the day before Stella was born! WOW!Just as she was born 1:40 pm....I was looking at her eyelashes!Me cutting her cord since Matt didn't want to.
Me and my 2 beautiful girls!

Stella is doing really well.  We had her 1 week appointment on Tuesday and she weighs 8 lbs 11 oz, which is what she weighed when we left the hospital.  The home nurse came to my house last Saturday and she was down to 8 lbs 7 oz, so I was happy she gained back some weight.  Her doctor said she is perfect.  She is in the 76% for weight and 73% for height. Which is way different than Olivia.  She barely ever makes the percentile charts!  Stella does have a yeast infection on her tongue.  We have to give her medicine 4 times a day until it clears up.  She is sleeping really well....I can't believe how good of a sleeper she is.  She falls asleep between 9 and 10 pm and wakes up at 3 am, I change her diaper and feed her then she stays asleep until atleast 7 or 7:30!  It's been wonderful to have that amount of sleep.  Unfortunately she poops at 3 am, so it's hard changing her in almost complete dark!  I don't want to wake Matt or Olivia, so I am literally using a very low light to change her.

Olivia is doing really well with the adjustment.  She is very protective over Stella and likes to help me as much as she can.  I will let her shake her bottle to mix the formula and she helps me burp her among other things. I try to involve her as much as I can.  It's still a little hard to balance everything, but it's getting easier each day.  Olivia has become a little more needy, but I was expecting that.  I do as she asks me to do for her to reassure her she is still loved and cared for as much as her sister.


4 comments:

Amanda said...

Love the pictures! I am so glad that things are going well. Hopefully the yeast infection on her tongue clears up soon. Does it bother her?
Olivia is such a special little girl. I am glad she is adjusting well. You are blessed with two great little girls!

Cheryl said...

I am glad Stella is doing so well! I am sure Olivia is being a great big sister! It will take tome for everyone to adjust I am sure. Love the pics!!

SamandSawyersMom said...

Great to hear everything is going so well!! She is a cutie!

Crystal said...

Oh Thrush is the worst! It usually clears up pretty quickly with the meds tho.

She is beautiful Carebear! It's awesome that she is such a good sleeper, both of my boys were very good sleepers thank goodness!ha Can't wait to see more pics!!! Love you!