Dorothy had her 1-month check-up and vaccination today. She surprised us all with her weight gain: she weighed in at 9lbs 8oz, which is 2lbs higher than she was two and a half weeks ago (3/19) at her 2-week check-up!
The weight gain is the biggest change I refer to in the title of this entry, and we probably shouldn't have been surprised by it. Dorothy has certainly been feeling bigger and heavier over the last week or so. But there are other changes afoot as well, especially in her sleeping habits. She makes all sorts of noises, especially when she's asleep, including grunts and "ahh"s. Yesterday she added a shriek to her repertoire of sleep noises. Needless to say, even when Dorothy is asleep at night (and she's been deciding instead to sleep in the late afternoon/early evening and then wake up around 11pm), it's hard for us to sleep if she's making her noises. But we're doing OK. I think Elizabeth and I are trading nights. Elizabeth is still doing all the feedings at night, but one night I may take Dorothy for a while to let Eliz get a good night's sleep, and then the next night she'll be up all the time while I zonk out.
I feel like there was another change I was going to mention, but new-parent-brain has struck again, and I've forgotten what it was. :-) Hopefully new-parent-brain gets better once we get back onto a more 'normal' sleep schedule...
Posted by Tom Nugent at April 6, 2004 12:33 PM