Alyssa's 2 1/2 week visit 7/21/2009

Well we went back to the dr. today for her well baby check and she said "she is pretty much a perfect baby!" that is a great thing to hear! We think so too, but coming from the dr. thats always great! She did say in not so many words that Alyssa is a chunky monkey! She is up to 8lb's already. She was 7lb. 7oz last friday and now she is up to 8!!! so she is doing good on formula. She is eating usually 3oz every 3 hours, sometimes she eats more and sometimes less but its good to know that she is getting enough! She has grown 3/4" so she is 20 and 3/4" long.

She also said that Alyssa is a very very strong baby! she told us that we do not need to leave her on her changing table or anything b/c now she is concerned that she could roll over and off. She said ususally with a 2 week old thats not a problem, but b/c she is so strong she is not recommending it.

They gave me some more cream for her eyes b/c they are still goopie a lot, they are thinking its a clogged tear duck, which is common and usually works it self out by the time they are 1 so they are not to concerned!

Home life is going good. We are trying to get into a routine for bed time and its going ok. I try to put her down around 10:45 and usually she goes to sleep on her own with in about 45mins. and she has been sleeping till 4:00. Then I feed her and put her back to bed and she usually sleeps till 8 or 9! We have had a few hicups with that but nothing crazy!!! We are working on putting her to bed while she is still awake so she can learn to go to slept by her self, and its going pretty good, it takes some time but thats ok!!

She is staying awake more during the day too which is great! I love to have my Alyssa time when she is awake and not screaming!!!

We have had a great 2 1/2 weeks, it seems like we have had her much longer though, in a good way!

Well thats about it for now, but I will update again later. We go back to the dr. on Sept.4th for her 2 month and she will get her first round of shots!!!