Weekend Reflections- Taking Care of Baby
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It has been nearly 4 years since I last took care of a newborn. Even though I have experience with the two boys but carrying for a girl seems different from the last two times.
The boys they did not sleep as much as newborns as compared to Riona. They were super active and could stay awake for 2-3 hours in between feeds. It was definitely more difficult caring for them as compared to her. Maybe caring for the boys have prepared me for dealing with another difficult baby.
She sleeps more then them and has no problem latching on from birth. She now weighs 3.8kg. Within 2 weeks she has put on 600g. I guess by the time she is 1 month old she should be nearing 5kg .
It is back to the routine of changing diapers 6-7 times a day and 3 hourly feeding. This time around it doesn’t seem as tiring as it used to be back then when Roy was a newborn. I do have time for myself and also taking care of the boys needs when they are back from school.
I guess the real challenge will come when confinement is over and we get back to the normal routine of personally handling the 3 kids.
