Mission Poop & 2 week Update

Miss Liyah is now 2 weeks and 1 day old. It seems like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. She is 8lbs 2oz now and is more alert to her surroundings. She loves watching what is going on around her, it's amazing to watch her. She has discovered that crying will get her things, so she makes wonderful use of that but she still sleeps great through the night. She wakes up usually once. Jason and I will go to sleep around midnight and she will wake up around 3am to eat and then goes right back to sleep with no issues, then will wake up around 7am - then we stay up for the day. I try and nap when she naps but there is so much to do around here, but I love every second of it and I just can't wait to watch her grow even more!

Jaliyah had her DR appointment on Saturday and we told discussed her constipation issue - he recommend changing her formula to the soy version of what we were already giving her. So afterwards I went straight to the store and got the soy. The first night went well, I thought it was going to work. But by Sunday she was even more constipated and her bowel movements became hard and pebble-like, which is not good. I decided to do some research and found several sources saying DRs should NEVER recommend soy formula for constipation because soy will make it worse .... WHAT?! My poor little girl was in pain and I was so mad and am furious with her doctor. So I continues researching and decided to put her on a formula for gentle/sensitive stomachs. I bought Good Start Gentle Plus, it is now Wednesday and Jaliyah is doing great - we found a solution :)

I never thought I would be so excited to see poop! When I changed her diaper after switching her to Gentle Plus, and saw wonderful peanut butter consistency newborn poop - it was a party!

Mission Poop: Completed.

Mission Poop

My poor poor punkin is still having some problems doing the dirty #2 deed. However, I stopped giving her Karo Syrup to see if her own system would work itself out. She went once the day I stopped the syrup. Then yesterday she went twice! I was so proud, the only thing is - is that it still takes quite the show to go poop. She wiggles and cries and then I cry cuz she is crying and I don't know what to do to help her. Being a new mommy is so emotional haha. Plus, I don't know why, but I am expecting a poopy diaper every time I change her lol and I know that is not supposed to happen, but every time I go to change her I prepare for poop! Silly mom.

So, she has a doctors appointment Saturday morning and I will be asking what formula to put her on because I believe that her formula is what is causing this problem. Liyah is currently on Enfamil Premium Lipil, so we will see what the doc suggests we try.

OH! I bought the suppository at the pharmacy, got it home, and just couldn't do it.

One week old!

Jaliyah is one week old today. This past week has been uh-may-zing. She has been a great baby - sleeping wonderfully and eating well. She only wakes up twice a night and once she is done feeding, she goes right back to sleep. However, we have come into one problem already - constipation. The poor little girl tries so hard to poop that she cries and it just breaks my heart. Her grandma on her fathers side told me a nice home remedy for baby constipation is putting Karo Syrup in the bottle, so we tried it. It did work but only temporarily so I called her pediatrician and he told me to use an infant suppository. I am kinda iffy on this, it makes me nervous. We will see what happens..




She has her two week check-up on Saturday, can't wait to see how much she has gained!

As a first time mom, this first week has been full of different emotions. I am scared that I am not doing good enough, but am really doing my best. She means everything! Her daddy has fallen in love with her, it is the cutest thing. He has been a huge help with getting up in the middle of the night and letting me sleep, and with everyday tasks while I am healing.











Can't think of anything else going on so I will leave you with some pictures from when she was born..