The First Few Days

Baby Bean was born on an auspicious Friday night.  He was alert and active as a newborn should be.  Every few hours he nursed.  Everything seemed perfect.  He had a great, quick birth, his newborn exam was normal, Bean knew how to nurse well right from the get go, and his diaper output was fine.  We were totally in love and thrilled with our new addition.  

Sunday my milk came in and I figured Bean would rapidly fill out just as my older two children had.  

Monday our nurse midwife returned to check in on us.  Bean was weighing in at 5 lbs 7 oz, but we weren't too concerned because it is normal to lose some weight at the beginning.  The midwife poked his heel for the PKU test.  She then mentioned that she was thinking about taking a trip out of town but didn't want to go unless we were comfortable and settled in.  She'd call before she left to see that things were going well.  That sounded fine with us, why wouldn't they be going well?  Monday I also called the family pediatrician's office.  Our pediatrician was out of town, but we could come in to see another doc in the practice on Tuesday.  The visit was primarily to get him in the system, and I wanted to go for a weight check too since Bean was so small.