What an interesting/exhausting week its been! Kaylee is 3 weeks old this week and has the appetite of a dino! The plus side of this is that although she is feeding every three hours, she is gaining weight well and should hopefully be back to her birth weight soon.
We have had a few issues with her weight in the last 2 weeks as she wasn't gaining enough weight on a week to week basis. Since then we have slowly managed to increase her intake, although it sadly meant that we had to move onto a more formula based diet.
At first it was difficult, as I was so emotional, which was made worse by being so tired due to feeding every hour or so . But with support from my friends and family I was able to put my emotional attatchment to breastfeeding aside , and learned how to bottle feed Kaylee instead. That night for the first time in nearly 2 weeks I got a decent nights sleep and was able to function a lot better. And as for Kaylee, 1 week on she is gaining weight well and has never looked better.
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