One LONG Week

Hi! Sorry I have not posted in a week ... it's been a LONG one! Let me start with last Thursday ... we took Dillon to the Dr to make sure he had stopped losing weight the day after we came home from the hospital. All was well - he weighed 6lbs even Friday (weighed 5lbs 15oz Wednesday when we left the hospital). Then we had another appointment Tuesday just to make sure all was still well and he was gaining ... he weighed 5lbs, 15oz again. YUCK! So that same day we met with a Dr who is also a lactation consultant. She put us on a strict "nurse every 2 hours" schedule and wanted us to come back Thursday. That was rough to say the least ... feeding every 2 hours start to start was more than I bargained for! BUT - it was only until Thursday, so we could do it! Went back Thursday ... he weighed 5lbs, 15oz ... DANG! NOT GOOD! What in the world? SO now ... she put us on a strict "nurse every 2 hours, then pump, then feed him the expressed milk" (through a syringe, no doubt - have you ever tried that?) schedule and wanted us to come back Saturday. That was super rough ... and super stressful! Went back Saturday ... he weighed 5 lbs, 14 and 3/4oz ... OMG! HOW CAN THIS BE?? So then Dion and I were going into super stressed mode. What in the world were we doing wrong, and why was our baby boy not gaining weight? We couldn't possibly do anymore than we were already doing. It felt like he was eating around the clock as it was! So ... what did she say? Well, she prescribed 2 pills for me (of which, one of them has a side effect to make you tired ... nice), and put us on a strict "nurse every 2 hours, then pump, feed him the expressed milk, and supplement with formula ... 2 ounces of supplement for every 2 hours" schedule. When I went in Mom's room at 5:30am this morning to get Dillon (yes, that's where he has been sleeping in the bassinet!), my poor Mother just sighed and said this was hard! Poor thing! She has been doing most of the feedings that don't require me. BUT - this time, GOOD NEWS! Little Dillon weighed in at 6lbs, 4 and 3/4oz this morning! He gained a whopping 5oz over the past 2 days! WHOO-HOO! We are not on the home stretch yet; his birth weight was 6lbs, 10oz, BUT we are definitely not as stressed as we have been.

I will take this time to apologize to all our friends who have called over the past week and we have not returned your calls. This is why. When we are not in the middle of a feeding session, we are trying to catch a nap, or just plain going crazy! We have to keep on this schedule for the next couple of days, but the Dr did say we could go 3 hours if needed ... sweet! We go back to the Dr Thursday. I will surely post an update at that time.

Thank you to everyone who has been checking in on us, and sorry again for not updating everyone sooner. It was a little too stressful around here to talk and post! We were worried about our little one - and not doing too good ourselves sleep-wise in the meantime!

Love you all! Hopefully we'll be back in the "real" world soon!