Holy exploding diapers!

This weekend was a fairly relaxing one. Caitlin is doing great and seems to be adjusting to life at home very nicely. The advice from the new lactation department is working out great and Caitlin is responding very well. Today we had a follow-up appointment with the lactation counselor and everything went well there. It's amazing how much more professional and what a better experience it is compared to dealing with Amy at North Central Baptist.

A couple of people have mentioned that it appears by the pictures that we are dressing Caitlin in several different outfits a day and treating her like a dress up doll. If only that were the case... With Caitlin's appetite increasing by the day, let's just say that the wardrobe changes have been out of necessity! 2 things that I underestimated with having a baby was how many burp cloths and rags we would need and just how messy diaper changes could get. We've already had some changes that were so bad that it was easier to just put Caitlin in her tub and hose her off rather than trying to clean her up on the changing table. So far, I've ended up with most of the messy changes but Toni has ended up with the messiest one by far. :-) In fact, the outfit Caitlin is wearing in the picture above was pretty much destroyed beyond recognition by Caitlin last night.

Other than the exploding diapers, Caitlin has been incredibly well behaved. We are able to get a few hours of continuous sleep and she doesn't seem to get fussy for no reason. When she cries, 80% of the time it's because she's hungry and the other 20% of the time is for diaper changes. It has been working out well at night for us to be covering things in shifts as well. By doing this, we're both able to get around 5 hours of sleep each a night. Not a lot but it's so much better than I was expecting. In other news, Caitlin's umbilical cord came off tonight and she now has a flat stomach. It's comforting not have to worry about accidentally hurting her by pulling her cord while we're dressing her of changing her diaper.

Tomorrow we have an early appointment with the Pediatrician and then we're going to the hospital to get Caitlin's newborn screening done. I'm not sure what exactly is involved but they have some things they need to do after 7-10 days so we'll go get that taken care of this week. I'll update more tomorrow and let everyone know how things go with the appointments.