Today is our first full day with no one staying here to help us. We just got back from the pediatrician, where Dylan weighed in at 8 pounds, 12.5 ounces. We were going for her birthweight of 8lbs 11ozs, so again she has been obligingly fat. They gave me a box of the vitamin supplements for her, which came packaged with a big thing of formula. It has been bizarre how much both the hospital and the pediatrician have been pushing formula, especially given the recent push for breastfeeding and for a baby who is doing well and gaining weight without it.
Dylan is fascinated by the uglydoll mobile, which is satisfying because I made it, but annoying because it isn't motorized so someone has to stand there and push it. She has been a really easygoing baby so far. She is staying awake for longer and longer stretches during the day.
I am still really pale from losing so much blood, but last weekend I noticed that the tips of my fingers were pink again. The pink has been moving down my fingers all week. I can't walk very far, which is sad because I was really looking forward to wandering around the neighborhood with the baby and the dog, but I am up to a few blocks now.
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