How cute is this license plate for Gemma's buggy? It was a gift from one of Paul's friends and his family. Here, the first number (12 in this case) is the year of the car and the letters are the county in which the car is registered (MO for Mayo).
In other news, the public health nurse was out yesterday, as I had called her earlier in the week about Gemma's feeding- she has been tending to graze for up to 2 to 3 hours at times and eating 6-8 ounces in that time. She weighed her and she is up to 9 pounds 11 ounces! That is a 2 pound 7 ounce gain in 3 weeks. Needless to say, we've been over feeding her. She advised us to do 4 ounces every 3 hours and to have her finish the bottle within half an hour. It's been kind of rough the past 24 hours, but she said if we don't show some tough love now, she'll continue to graze, and all we'll ever do is feed her. The day time has been the hardest- she'll fall asleep in my arms, but as soon as I try to put her down, she'll be screaming again. I'm typing this one handed at the moment! She was tough to settle last night (fed at 9, didn't get down until 10:30), but then she slept until 2. Again she was tough to settle- didn't get down until 4, but slept until almost 7. She did great at that feeding- back down by 7:30 and slept until 10:30. She hasn't been able to be put down since then though. Please send some good wishes our way that she'll adjust to this new feeding quickly and we'll have our content little girl back!
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You can do it! I completely agree with everything the nurse said. I know it seems really tough when you're in the moment, but she will adjust and in a couple of days you'll look back and think that the previous days weren't really that bad. I think the biggest lesson I have learned as a parent is to be consistent--the minute you start vasilating or giving in, the kids figure that out and it's hard to get back to where you wanted to be. Oh, and I love the license plate!
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