As you can well imagine it has been a busy couple of weeks here at Horvath House.
Since Maddy came home this weblog has pretty well been reduced to being a picture and video drop as our time has really not been our own. Between learning to be parents, trying to establish a routine, catching up on all the housework that we are almost always behind on, remembering not to neglect our pets, and entertaining close to a hundred visitors, we’ve not had a whole lot of down time.
As of this writing I’d have to say that things are going great. Maddy is already an old pro at breastfeeding if you don’t count the occasional nap at the dinner table! The lactation nurse told us that if she is eating properly she should poop at least 3 times a day. She’s usually well ahead of that figure by noon. When we checked out of the hospital she weighed in at 7 pounds and 7 ounces and as of Monday she weighed 9 pounds so she’s definitely doing well. She had her first bottle feeding yesterday, we offered three ounces, she drank up every single drop and didn’t seem to be at all confused when it wasn’t offered again later. Here’s a picture of Daddy’s turn for some dinnertime bonding.
Maddy is thus far a very happy baby. Her fussing fits are few and far between and most are easily remedied by feeding, rocking, or burping her. She can be a little gassy at times, but most times she’s a lot gassy! She has slept very well through the night from the very first night at home. In fact sometimes she sleeps a little too well. She is supposed to feed every two to three hours, but when Momma is asleep, and thus not toiling and worrying over her, she goes three easily, even four and five hours at a time. We typically feed her at about 9:00 p.m. and we all go to sleep when she’s done at around 9:45. Daddy sleeps like a dead rock so he oftentimes doesn’t even stir when Maddy eats around 1:00 a.m. unless Momma needs help or elbows him to quiet the supposed snoring. I swear it’s the dog, not me! I like to tell people that I haven’t slept so good in ages since I am now going to bed a little earlier and still getting up at about the same time as always, the 5:00 a.m. feeding.
The pets are simply wonderful with Maddy. The cats were curious at first, but never afraid or aggressive. It helps that she doesn’t really do anything other than eat, sleep, and poop. No fast, menacing movements or loud noises make for happy cats! By the time Maddy is two and is nothing but fast, menacing movements and loud noises they’ll be so used to her they won’t even be fazed. We feared one or more of them would climb in the cradle with her to ‘snuggle.’ I put snuggle in quotes because none of them really know how to snuggle. Cleo ‘snuggles’ by sleeping on your belly, Caesar ‘snuggles’ by taking up as much of the middle of the bed as possible then steadfastly refusing to move, and Chi ‘snuggles’ by putting his face as close to your face as absolutely possible then kneading your cheek or nose or throat. But, so far so good, they’ve all given her plenty of space. The crib may be another story since it’s so roomy, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. Nola is pretty much same old same old. She likes to watch over Maddy when she’s in the swing and when she’s not, Nola like to wash Maddy’s face, head and hands with her tongue. She has a bit of the blues because her fetch time has suffered of late, but once Momma is able, she’ll take Maddy and Nola for daily walks and she’ll be back to her ridiculously happy self. Now, if only we could get her to realize just how dangerous a weapon her tail can be!
So, all in all, things are going swimmingly. Thanks for asking!
Here's two more pictures for you
Here's Maddy's milk filled belly complete with bellybutton:
And here she is enjoying a bath:
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