We have a healthy, growing girl. She’s now 8lb 8oz and 19.75 inches long. The length thing is kind of weird because in the hospital at birth she was measured at 20 inches, but at the pediatrician appointment 3 days later she was measured at 19 inches. So by their measurement she’s grown.<\/p>\n
Last two times we had an appointment with the pediatrician Kate screamed pretty much from getting stripped for the weight check until the end when I could nurse her. This time we expected a repeat and instead she was wide awake and staring around, staring at the doctor. He turned her onto her tummy and she lifted her head a little and mouthed the paper sheet completely calmly – and that was right after we told him she utterly hates tummy time.<\/p>\n
The pediatrician listened to our descriptions of Kate’s behavior and crying and said it’s not colic and doesn’t sound like reflux. I agree, but I wanted to check just in case. Personally we think it’s a combination of some episodes of gas, her personality, and some fleeting dissatisfaction with my boobs. The gas cries happen after she eats, but not all the time – the mylicon seems to help.<\/p>\n
The awake time fussiness seems to just be her wanting something that we can’t always figure out. It’s kind of funny really. It’s not crying or screaming, just her scrunching up her face, looking around, and saying “Wah!” I won’t lie – we laugh. Now if we don’t do anything she’ll escalate into crying, and sometimes it’s frustrating trying to figure out where she wants to be – it can take a few position changes and moves. Or, failing that, the boob or pacifier can fix it.<\/p>\n
The fussiness at the boob is new and I’m trying to figure it out… Though today she’s been pretty good with eating. I get the distinct impression that she’s not getting what she wants. It happens a few minutes into feeding, and it was worst yesterday and the day before when she was feeding frequently. I know I have plenty of milk, I am leaking everywhere. She also tends to gulp and cough when eating, which are signs of a strong let-down. I thought maybe she was used getting mad when the milk flow slowed down a few minutes into feeding. But today the one time she started fussing during a feeding she popped herself off the boob and then started rooting, same as she has been doing. I though the rooting meant she was still hungry. When she pulled off milk leaked all down my front – yikes! So today at least the problem is not a lack of flow! On a hunch I offered her a pacifier and bingo, she was happy. It appears she was done eating and just wanted to comfort nurse. I’ll see how this goes over the next few days.<\/p>\n
I’m starting to think about doing baby signs with her. I’ve always considered it, but trying to figure out what she wants is reminding me what a good idea it is. Obviously it wouldn’t help now or for a while, but giving her a way to communicate before she can talk sounds like a great idea to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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