Gretchen is awake

[pugz]

like really awake for the first time since she was born. Passing the due date yesterday must have flipped a switch.

what do i do now? :-| lol

let the games begin

[mrs.spunky]

Good luck

[CloudBee]

Is she fussy? Staring around?

[Deleted]

I stuck him in a carrier and just lugged him around with me a lot.

Glad she's perking up! The due date thing seems true for a lot of preemies.

[pugz]

just staring. I think she is falling asleep now. Usually she eats, then falls immediately back asleep. Sometimes she's alert for like 15-20 minutes. She was super alert for 2 hours after her last feeding. She started to yawn and look tired so I swaddled her and put her in her bouncer where she likes to sleep. I should go hop in the shower before she wakes up again! Usually she wants to eat every 3 hours so it probably won't be long.

[pugz]

oh Token I wanted to let you know she finally figured out the laid back position for BFing! She likes to do tummy time on my chest and did it for the first time yesterday for a bit. Then today she did her whole feeding that way. Obviously no way to tell how much she got from the feeding but she seemed happy, I was able to kinda half nap through it too.

okay she is snoring, I am bolting for the shower now

[Deleted]

Yay for laid-back bf-ing! Especially the part where it's less stress on your back/shoulders/arms. I'm glad you're hanging in there with the breastfeeding even though it's been so rough.

[drloretta]

Her favorite game is looking at your face. Don't stress, enjoy!

[Ashley&Scott]

At that age it was lots of talking, singing, walking around the house, reading books & tummy time. If it's nice outside you could go for walks or just around the yard.

[pugz]

her vision is definitely clearing up over the last week, she'll look at our faces for a short period of time and I got her some black and white cards to stare at too.

Token I decided to just quit stressing, BF her but not worry about how much she gets or how long she does it. She clearly enjoys it. And she enjoys chugging down a bottle afterward too.