Grace: 2 weeks old

I never wrote what happened regarding Grace's Tongue Tie situation. When we went to the ENT that day, Dr. Simon said it was very tight and recommended we either do the procedure now and snip the tie back or wait a few months, but this would mean she would have to be put under anesthetic. We chose to do it that day. He assured us that although she would cry, there would be little blood and she would forget about it quickly. I will also say that his staff - 3 nurses - were the nicest, kindest, people we'd ever met. They came to get us, led us down the hall, loved on Grace before the appt began, hugged me and were so re-assuring and sweet. There were two younger nurses and one older one and the older one was definitely the mother of the group. Anyways, the procedure took about 3 minutes and she definitely screamed and cried. We tried to nurse her right away, but she wasn't interested. Once we were home, I just held her and let her sleep in my arms for a long time and then we nursed and things were back to normal. However, the pain has not stopped for me. Sometimes, I think it has lessened, but still hard to tell. I'm going to give it another week before I call the lactation specialist.

So, our little Grace is already 2 weeks old! At her 2 week checkup, Dr. Svendsen said she was a perfectly healthy baby. She weighed 9 lbs. 2 oz. and was 21 inches long. Clearly, she is a good eater. The only thing that I had questions about was that sometimes she can't catch her breath and while she doesn't stop breathing, she gasps for air for a couple of seconds. It is sporatic and Dr. Svendsen said she had floppy airways and it was pretty normal in babies and would get better on it's own. She also had to have her little food pricked for the newborn screening test. Poor baby - it took a good 7 or 8 minutes and she just cried and cried.

At 2 weeks old, Grace is starting to get a little more alert, but mostly sleeps all the time and still prefers it on top of us. GG has been wonderful to still get up in the middle of the night when I'm feeding around 3-4 to take her. But, now I am not necessarily feeding on the clock every 3 hours, as I am letting Grace wake me. So, I really need her right next to me to know when she is waking up. If she decides to sleep 3 hours instead of 2, I am perfectly ok with that! And this means that hopefully GG gets a little more sleep to.

Other than that, Atticus is still in school and we are still working on projects to complete Grace's room. I am trying to nap when Grace does as well. I am almost back to normal as far as recovery. I know I'll notice soreness here and there for awhile, but I am moving around like normal and can lift Atticus and get on and off the floor or into bed much more easily. Vic rarely pulls me from laying position into sitting position so I can get out of bed. It's amazing the things you are kept from when you have a c-section, but then how quickly you recover. 2 weeks just about does it for the major stuff! Here are a few pictures of our sweet Grace at 2 weeks old:

 

 

I love how, when Atticus kisses Grace's head (which he does over and over and over) that he sometimes opens his mouth really big before kissing her.