Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Kayla Day 1 - Hungry, hungry.

MummyLo knew that I won't be able to sleep on your birth day.

Newborn babies almost always will regurgitate mucousy aminotic fluids throughout the night. MummyLo closely monitored Kayla throughout the night to ensure everything is fine.

Kayla slept through the night fine and have decently spaced feeding times.

The next morning was quite different. It seems that the hunger has kicked in and no matter how often the feeding times were, it didn't satisfy this hungry baby.

Granddaddy, Grandmummy Mak, Auntie and cousin Aiden came for a visit and brought MummyLo some much needed nutritious feed. 


Grandmummy Mak cuddling her baby granddaughter



Grandaddy Mak holding baby cousin Aidan




From 2pm onwards till the next day, MummyLo experienced the worse constant feeding that has lasted for what felt like eternity. MummyLo questioned almost every nurse to check if it is normal to be feeding constantly and was almost unable to put down the baby without crying again for another feed. 

By 1pm, MummyLo was exhausted and requested to attempt formula feed just in case little Kayla was deprived of food. 

The attempt of formula was unsuccessful. Baby Kayla found it difficult to use the teat on the bottle and didn't take much in.

However, it did buy MummyLo a much needed 45mins of sleep.

That was a night that MummyLo would remember what day 1 newborn was like- and it was considered normal!





Non -stop crying and eating for the whole 24 hours



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