3 weeks, 2 days - Gained 10.5 ounces!

Go Maribel!! She gained a whopping 10.5 ounces over the last 8 days (and grew 1/4 of an inch too!) She now weighs 8 pounds, 13.5 ounces and the doctor has cleared us to go back to exclusively breastfeeding. One, I am soooo happy that she had this great weight gain. The doctor said sometimes they just need that nudge to get things going. Two, I am soooo happy to be able to stop supplementing with formula. Between the regurgitation and gassiness the bottlefeeding has given her, we'll be thrilled to ditch that! Bring on the boob juice 100% of the time again! Her next checkup is 8/11 so that will be her one month visit where she'll get her second Hep B vaccine and we'll again make sure her weight gain is progressing as it should.

In other news, today was DH's first day back to work after his leave. He worked one day a couple of weeks ago (because he had to be available for work for a couple of days between his paternity leave and his regular leave) but now he'll be back into the full swing of work again. Maribel, our dog, and I have all missed him lots and lots today! Oh how I wish we were independently wealthy and could all stay home together. But alas, we are not. So now we'll do our part to see if we can get into somewhat of a routine during the day. This morning we got the stroller out and took a nice long walk before it got too hot. That felt GREAT and I'm pretty sure the dog enjoyed it too (since my late pregnancy walks were very short and as few and far between as possible.)

Well, the princess is starting to stir so I must run. Here is a pic of her from Tuesday when she turned 3 weeks old. What a sweetie she is!