Without an established rapport, she came across as overly concerned and put us into a semi-panicked state. She was very concerned with Jude's weight loss and advised us to supplement formula to Jude's normal diet of breast milk. Amanda and I both took that -- like a bunch of granola-heads -- as a personal challenge. We want so badly to prove that we can make him gain weight without formula! Amanda fed Jude today every 1-2 hours.
He was feeding so often that I thought it might work better for her to not wear a shirt?! (Yeah, I probably should keep that one to myself!) Jude sure was a busy bee though today. It's almost 10 pm, and poor Jude is just worn out. I had to laugh . . .Amanda had just finished feeding him for what seemed like the 100th time today and he started hiccuping. I wasn't sure which end his noises were coming from, and so I asked her.
Amanda propped Jude up to burp him and he just looked like this drunk sailor! After being fed all through the day, there he sat . . .his hat about falling off, hiccuping, not able to sit up straight and just wanting to sleep. Poor Jude!
To our friends of faith, please pray that Jude would gain weight between now and our next appointment this coming Saturday morning. Thank you!
3/1 UPDATE: Jude made his Saturday weigh in with some to spare. He weighed in at 6 lbs., 8.8 ounces, just .2 ounces short of what his weight was when we left the hospital. Praise God!
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