Our sweet little pea is just that- Sweet and little. At her two month check she weighed in at only 8 lbs 3 ozs putting her in the 1 % and she was 22 inches long putting her in the 28%. Check out my little bit...
Now as you can imagine her lack of weight gain was not really a good thing. Since her physical assessment seemed to be completely normal the Dr. suspected that her lack of weight gain was only a calorie issue meaning she was not getting enough to eat. As we talked though it I began to realize that over the past month I had cut her 1 1/2 hour nursing sessions down to around 30 minutes because she seemed perfectly content. She had been sleeping though the night and was very smiley and happy following feedings. So to test our theory we had one week to see if we could gain some weight. In the mean time she continued to be happy and content. After a week of extended feeding times plus an extra 6 ounces of pumped milk on top of the feedings she gained 11 ozs in one week. She continues to be little weighing 8 lbs 14 ozs but hopefully we are on the right track to beefing up a little. Some of her favorite things include sucking her thumb...
Looking at bright lights.....
Rolling up onto her side...
Smiling and cooing with a few small laughs at times....
She loves her brother and Sister who also love her in return. Leah likes to help get her out of her bed in the mornings and Chase loves holding her and keeping her happy when she is upset. We are so blessed to have Henley, she is filled with joy! Hopefully by her 4 month checkup she will have gotten a little closer to her ideal weight.
2 comments:
What a cutie! I love that big open-mouthed grin. She is a little thing, but I have no doubts she'll catch up soon enough. Can't wait to get her and Cousin Connor together again!
I had been anticipating this post.... So, she found her thumb! So comforting to have that handy when one wants it! Looks like she is a happy girl! Grammie
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