October 11, 2011
His weight: 3.740 grams (8.25 lb)
Change from birth weight: .070 kg (.16 lb)
Change from lowest weight: .380 kg (.84 lb)
We weighed Lennon today on the scale we are renting from the Apotheke and his weight was up from the doc’s last Thursday (3.650 kg.) I continue to be concerned though. Our doctor is not but I want to see a plump baby and Lennon is still so skinny. If we were in the states, I have no doubt that they would have put him on formula by now. Here he is allowed more time but I hope it’s the right thing to do. I’m trying to up my supply by taking a huge amount of fenugreek (just started this last week) and pumping more (he gets a bottle of pumped milk at the end of the day, about 50-70 ml) and hoping this will all help. We upgraded to the Medela Symphony from the Medela Lactina pump. It seems to be better, power wise, but I still have not produced any more milk per pump. Just got it yesterday so not giving up hope yet. It is hard to pump some days because he seems to always want to be at the breast, for feeding or for comfort. It is also the only way he can fall asleep, outside of being in the Manduca with Daddy.
Questions I am asking today: When will we find a nap routine? Will I be able to emotionally put my son in Kita at 14 months? Will my creative work ever be relevant again and do I care?
About Me
- Amy Cole Farrell
- Amy is a native Californian who started her family with husband Nicholas in Berlin Germany. After giving birth to a son in 2011 and a daughter in 2013, Amy returned with her family to the SF Bay Area and began work in her dream job as an Arts Educator. In her pre-Mama life, she ran theatre companies, performed, designed costumes, and worked in arts administration. She writes about motherhood, making, DIY craftiness while sorting through the messy, imperfect, chocolate stained world of a woman approaching the good years.