Daddy couldn't stay away

Last night was a long night for us. The dr. managed to put us on edge about Mia's weight, so we meticuously woke up exactly every 3 hours to feed her (most of the time having to wake her up), and her feed for the right amount of time. It's ironic that we managed to get her sleeping longer at night, only to have to forcibly wake her up to feed.

We did everything we could to keep her awake while feeding, as her biggest problem at the moment is that she goes to sleep in about 20 seconds when she starts feeding, or at least gets very very comfortable (and stops feeding). So we used a cold wet washcloth to keep her awake, and did the syringe supplementing thing. It worked pretty well, but made twenty minutes worth of feeding take forty-five minutes.

I am not entirely convinced yet that the formula is necessary as long as we make sure she feeds long enough by keeping her awake. But hey, what's the point of a dr. if you don't follow their orders. Hopefully the rigid schedule and formula supplements will register as improved weight gain at Friday's appointment.

Also, I went back to work for a half day today, heading in around lunch time. I anticipated a few hours away feeling like a nice break, but I actually spent most of the time wanting to go back home to be with Ashlei and Mia... so I left early. We'll try again tomorrow.