As our due date approaches

We are three days away from our due date... in just a few days, the pregnancy app on my phone is going to send me a notification saying "you are due this week!" Little does it know... Lainey nearly 7 weeks old already! 

Yesterday we went to the doctor's office for a check up, and it went incredibly well!! Couldn't have asked for a better visit!! The doctor has officially labeled Lainey a "normal baby."  Now to most people, that doesn't seem like a big deal, and in all honesty, she has always been a normal baby in my eyes. But now it's medically official!! Praise God for this miracle! 

No longer do we have to go to get weighed every week to monitor her weight gain; she is gaining like she is supposed to and eating like a little piggy!  I can now turn off the 3-hour alarm on my phone and let Lainey tell me when she is hungry.  Since she has been home, I have been religiously making sure she ate every 3 hours, whether she was asleep or not.  We are even graduating to big girl bottles - big girl bottles filled with a combo of breast milk and hypoallergenic formula. 

Lainey's stats:

Weight: 4 pounds 13.6 ounces

Length: 18.5 inches

Head Circumference: 32.7 cm

Lainey is almost outgrowing her premie clothes - anything with feet on the bottom is pretty much a lost cause at this point.  There are a couple of sleepers with feet on them that she can still wear, but for the most part, she lives in Carter's onesies and matching pants.

Another awesome milestone for Little Miss is that she sleeps in her crib all night!! No more bassinet and no more sleeping on Mommy's chest all night; which also means no more Mommy staying awake to watch baby breathe.  She still cuddles and takes naps on my chest, but that first week of me just staying awake all night were pretty exhausting!  

Some of you may remember earlier I said Lainey was getting a delish combo in those new big girl bottles... that may have you asking, "what happened to the breast milk?!" Well maintaining her feeding schedule and then trying to keep up the pumping, was also proving to be REALLY EXHAUSTING! Ideally, one could feed the baby, pump, do chores and take a nap all while baby sleeps between feedings.  And believe me, I tried!! But 2-3 hours is not as much time as it seems! Lainey's doctor agreed that the hypoallergenic formula is good for her and said we could go on with the transition to formula.  This transition will also be helpful once I go back to work in a few weeks.

All in all... Lainey boo is doing phenomenal! Every day she is growing and changing.  

We couldn't be happier to have her home with us.