Maylee was 9 lb 5 oz when I checked her weight 2 weeks ago! So she's likely over 10 lb now, and she's got the cute little fat rolls on her thighs and arms and a double chin to show for it! She's also in 0-3 month clothes, size 1 diapers, and her hair is filling out more and her eyelashes are getting longer. Yesterday she turned 3 months old. She's growing so fast, and we're enjoying every minute of this sweet time with her while she's still little.
I still think one of the most precious things in the world is having my baby fall fast asleep on my shoulder with a full tummy. Maylee looks most like Ry when I see her cute sleeping face on my shoulder.
We're starting to get some smiles now when Maylee's awake! She's awake a few times a day now for several hours each time, usually with an alert and curious period in the morning, and a usually more fussy period in the evening around and after we have dinner. She still takes her pacifier, so lots of cuddling and the pacifier help us through the fussy times... and she's such an easy-going baby compared to Ry at this age who was upset so much of the day! She's already grabbing on to fistfuls of my hair, and enjoys swinging at the toys in her activity gym... which Ry also enjoys swinging for her when she's in there. She's making more eye contact with us now, especially during feedings. She's making super cute cooing noises here and there. She was having a hard time getting back to sleep after some of her night feeds, but has done much better at night the few weeks.
She's done beautifully at her doctor check ups (2 regular and 1 eye exam) in the last month, and her doctors are happy with her growth. Breastfeeding is slowly getting better, but she still gets to the point where she refuses to latch again after about 10 minutes (though sometimes much less) of nursing. So she still takes some of a bottle after most nursings, and I'm still pumping after almost every feed. We visited the lactation consultant a few weeks ago, and she gave us some tips that have been a big help. We have another doctor visit Friday, so we'll see how she's doing then!
I had a lot of extra breastmilk from pumping when Maylee was in the hospital, so I checked into donating it. After a lengthy screening process, I was so happy to hear a couple weeks ago that I was able to donate 264 oz of breastmilk (about 2 gallons) to the WakeMed Mother's Milk Bank in North Carolina. They are members of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, and the milk will be used for other very premature and sick infants. I truly appreciate the wonderful staff at the Ronald McDonald House who shipped it there for me since I didn't have a place to store it in Seattle while I was going through the donation screening process.
Here are some more photos of our sweet Maylee...
Happy 3 months Maylee! And very cool about being able to donate breast milk. When I had extra with Oliver, I was able to find some local families and donated a bunch that way since I had a hard time finding any local milk banks.
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