"They" like to see a baby be back to it their birth weight by 1 or 2 weeks old. Took Jude to the pediatrician today and at 1 week old he weighed 9lbs, 2oz. So he is 2 oz. above his birth weight. I am very happy with that considering he only really started nursing well AFTER he got his tongue clipped.
We took Jude in because of his rotten smelling belly button. It is smelling better now that I have been cleaning it with alcohol the last 2 days, but it still stinks. The pedi agreed that it was not smelling right. She trimmed off the part the had already dried up. I guess the cord was cut a little long and the extra length was preventing the cord from drying up properly. Now that the excess is cut up, it should dry up quickly. I cannot wait until it falls off and I don't have to worry about it anymore.
I am loving how much of a content baby Jude is. I know that might all change in a couple of weeks when he "wakes up" from the sleepy newborn phase, but I am enjoying it now.
Julia is too funny about me nursing. For some reason she calls nipples, "icky bugs". So she says Jude is eating from my icky bugs. The other day I was pumping right after I put Julia to bed. About 5 minutes into it, I see Julia stick her head around the corner and ask what I was doing. I explained that this is how Jude (and little babies) eats and gets his milk. Now that Julia has been acting like a baby occasionally the last couple of days, she will ask to eat from my icky bugs too. I have to explain to her that only little babies eat from their mommies like this.
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