Conrad and I had our last visit from the midwife on Friday (20 June). He was weighed again and was noted as weighing 4.20 kilos, so he’s gaining nicely. The midwife also checked his jaundice and noted that the slightly yellow shade is fading. As he’s alert and feeding well too, the midwife was happy to sign Conrad and his Mummy over to the care of the local health visitor, which we shall hopefully see on Wednesday.
Yesterday we also had a visit from a couple of the mums I still have been meeting up with (if very infrequently while I was working) from the postnatal group I went to with Jessica. Paula with her little boy Kai and Becky with her Joseph both come over for a couple of hours in the afternoon to have some tea and cake and admire Conrad. Paula brought a little teddy for him as well. He hasn’t got many toys yet, so that was really lovely.
The last couple of nights, Conrad hasn’t taken quite as long to settle again in-between feeds and he has been complaining less. Hopefully that is a sign that things are getting easier for him. His feeds are still around every 3 to 4 hours, day as well as night. I still only sleep around 4 hours per night, though, as I’ve kept expressing in anticipation of the check of Conrad’s tongue on Tuesday. I suspect, though, that it’ll turn out that there’s nothing wrong with his tongue and that not using it effectively when he’s trying to latch on is just something he does. If so, will it be possible for us to get around it at all…? I so wanted to give him breastmilk for his first 5-6 months, for the supposed health benefits of doing so. But maybe I’ll ultimately will have to make the decision not to…
Conrad’s eyes are still dark blue and his hair brown. I’m not sure how long it can take for eye colour to change, but as it’s been twelve days now, I’m thinking maybe they will stay blue now…?
Gabriella