Peanut to Chunky Monkey

Our little girl had her first pediatrics appointment today. A little bit of back story before I tell you about it.

The nurses and lactation consultants at Kaiser urged us to stay 2 days in the hospital because Kendall wasn't eating as well as they would have liked. All she wanted to do was sleep and she had to have a vacuum tube shoved down her throat a few times after delivery (which makes the babies not want to suck sometimes), so they just wanted to be sure she was getting enough nutrition before we left. The day after we were discharged we had our follow up appointment with the lactation nurse and her weight was down to 6lbs 7oz - just .5% away from the 10% "scary" weight loss point. I fed her while we were at the doctors and they weighed her again, which proved she was eating well since she gained 3oz. They wanted to see us the next day anyways, just to be safe, and she weighed in at 6lbs 12oz! So we got the ok to stop trying to wake her up every 2-3 hours and just let her be.

Today Kendall weighed in at 7lbs 10.5oz!!! I knew she was eating like a champ but wow! She is really filling out in her face and I'm even starting to see her little stick legs and arms getting a little roll-y. I can't wait for chubby legs!!! She is still sleeping in 4 hour chunks for the most part and starting to stay awake a lot longer in between feedings. We are very lucky parents thus far!

Monday I took Kendall to Auntie Karen's house and we went for a nice long walk to downtown Campbell for some ice cream. She slept most of the walk but smiled the whole time :)

So relaxed!

Liam could not wait to meet Kendall. He even washed and sanitized his hands twice before holding her. He kept saying "I love baby Kendall" which was heart melting for sure.

She really likes sleeping with her arms behind her head

Adorable outfit from cousin Heather!

Baby Alex (2.5 weeks older) and Kendall's first meeting. Cary's 30th Birthday BBQ was Sunday so we headed over mid afternoon. It was a great opportunity for us to get out of the house and have some adult time and Kendall got to meet more of her adoring fans. Who says your life stops when you have kids? ;)