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Well, it wasn't all in my head ;). Abbi is doing great! We took her in to get her weighed yesterday and after almost two weeks of merely maintaining her weight she gained four ounces in 48 hours! The pediatrician and lactation consultant had said they would be happy with an ounce or two! When the pediatrician came in to check on her all he could say was, "Wow. That's wonderful! Wow..." over and over :). I'm taking Fenugreek, eating a ton of oatmeal, drinking a lot of water, and nursing...nursing...nursing..., does anyone have any other suggestions? They both noticed that she was a much calmer, more content little girl. She's still not having as many messy diapers a day as I think she "should" but at least she's having them! And her little tummy isn't hurting like it was. She hasn't screamed for a few days now though she still has her occasional fussy times, like all new babies. I am so thankful that we have got a plan and it's working, praise the Lord! She's sleeping peacefully in my lap right now, she's so cute :)! We got our first "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" comment the other day at the grocery store, and we only have five! We don't have cable and it has been a while since I've seen the one episode I've ever seen so I pulled up some clips online to see who we were bringing to the mind of the cashier. Bri and I got a kick out of a few things that we haven't seen other people do, like when they pulled a step stool out of their van for the little ones to get in (even I need to use the stool or get a hand from Lee to get into our 15 passenger van). For the most part though I saw NO correlation whatsoever. First of all, I've got it easy comparatively ;)!!! Mine come one at a time (though I would love to have multiples one day if the Lord willed it :)!) and I have big girls (11 and almost 7) to help! Second, Lee and I don't talk to each other in the midst of our biggest disagreements like they seem to do on a regular basis! They do appear to love each other in a way but the seemingly constant animosity would drive me insane! Whew! I loved the clip where she put one boy in time-out (for biting his brother- that would require more than a time out here...) and a minute later she looks down with an adoring grin at one of her little ones and says, "Hello :)", and then realizes it is the offender who should be in time out ;). It was interesting anyway :). My mom is taping some of the large family shows that are on cable for us, that should make for some fun family "movie" nights :). I'll keep you updated on Abbi's progress and maybe I'll get some other blogging done (like her birth story :)) now that the decibel level has gone down a little bit around here :). |
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