2nd night=one day makes a HUGE difference!

Picture above was yesterday morning before we were going to her first doctors appointment. She nursed and was out.

Well our 2nd day has been so much better I must admit. The day started out with a trip to the doctors office that we were pretty late for but honestly it ended up being no big deal.

We went to get Morgan checked because they were worried about her weight and also for jaundice. Well we went to get her checked and for jaundice she had to have a level below 12.5. Well her level was 10 so yeah she didnt officially have jaundice just a little tint of it.

Then they checked her weight and she dropped a good bit. The nurse wasnt real worried about it said it was very normal in the first few days with them figuring out how to eat. She was down to 7 lbs 5 oz (down 5 oz in one day). I ended up nursing her in the little room and the lactation consultant wanted to see if she would eat or not. Well wouldnt you know it she nursed like a little champ and nursed for 15 minutes and it made both of us feel so much better.

After the appointment, we headed home and she has been a little nursing champ. My milk supply has came in and I guess that helps also. The lady even let me pump and I filled up 3 bottles which was a bit shocking.

She has to go back tomorrow and the way she did yesterday and this morning I feel so much better about things.

Last night she was really good she slept for 8 hrs off and on and woke up 3 times for feedings (we didnt even have to wake her up). She is sleeping beauty right now.

Conclusion
1) one night can make a huge difference
2) breastfeeding I was pretty upset about from the first night home but now its going so much better now that I stuck it out and my milk supply has came in
3) Morgan is beautiful and I could not be more in love with her. She is such a good baby!

1st night

Picture above is from when we first got home from the hospital with our little angel

Well we have now been home for two nights and I must admit the first night was really tough. I so wish someone would have told us how hard it was because we called lots of friends, some came over to see her and it seemed like everyone was saying how hard your first day and night was.

Monday when we came home Morgan slept for hours upon hours and just didnt want to wake up. When she finally did wake up she acted like she was starving but was in so much pain from gas she wouldnt eat. Of course it broke my heart into a thousand pieces. We broke down tried to feed her some formula and she spit it right back at us (guess that was her way of telling us no thanks..haha)

She finally ate for about 5 minutes or so and was better, went to sleep, woke up and cried some more-my poor baby.

Then the night came and she was so fussy. She cried off and on from 11 pm to 2 am and I finally got her settled down and I rocked her and we got a pacifier for the first time (that didnt work) and then finally she took the edge of my finger and somehow that made her happy. After getting her to sleep at 2 am I stayed in the rocker and would not move until about 2:45 and finally I sat her down in the bassinet and she slept until 8:15. I tried to wake her up to feed but she was out cold.

We had a doctors appt at 9:30 and she decided she wanted to start nursing at 9 am when we had to leave. At that point my baby was a whole lot more important than making an appointment on time.

What I learned about the first night home-
1) Its the first night and we were a bit nervous to begin with
2) Morgan LOVES music and it didnt soothe her for bits of time during her fussing
3) I have an amazing husband that loves both of his girls more than anything and he was such a big help-I dont know what in the world I would do without him! Morgan is blessed to have such a wonderful daddy
4) just because something doesnt work one time doesnt mean it wont work the next time.

Up next-day 2