Nights are still hard, not that that is a huge surprise. Even early mornings can be rough, as you can see to the right. Kid had stopped feeding but was still fussing, so Dodi ended up "relaxing" on the couch with her. Amazingly, though, Celerity actually slept through most of the night last night. She had a marathon feed from midnight until 2 a.m., but didn't wake up until we got her up at about 8 a.m. We're not holding our breath or anything, though.

On Wednesday we went to the Pediatrician and weighed Celerity again.  She was at around 9 lbs, 13oz, just under her birth weight, so we're still doing the "every 2-3 hours" feeding, which is a drag.  We'll have to bring her back next week as well to make sure she is over her birth weight.  The good news is, she is gaining weight well - she was up 6oz over last week, which is right in line for a breastfeeding baby.  They're expected to gain 5-7oz a week.

Lactation Consultant
Because of the trouble we'd been having getting Celerity to feed off Dodi's left breast, we decided to call in a lactation consultant.  We had been considering it for a week, but the fact that Celerity was till a tad underweight did it for us. 

The LC's name is Jaye Simpson and she is totally awesome.  She showed Dodi how to hold Celerity properly (sort of a modified Vulcan Nerve Pinch), and we finally straightened out (literally) some ergonomics issues we'd been having.  This morning, using what we'd learned from Jaye, Celerity popped right on the left breast with no fuss.

You can see her to the left evaluating Celerity's suck.  As we suspected, our daughter is full of suck.  We had always noticed a little wheezing noise when she fed, and Jaye told us that Celerity is sometimes sucking wrong.  Rather than "Suck, Swallow, Breath", she's sometimes doing "Suck, Breath, Swallow".  Luckily, aspirating a bit of breast milk is unlikey to hurt her.  It may also explain the little piglet noises that Celerity sometimes makes.

A More Active Child
Celerity is growing a lot more active.  Well, relatively speaking, anyway.  Now when she finishes feeding she doesn't always crash out right away.  We are getting a chance to hold her and play with her a bit more.  Sometimes she just wants to be held.  I've been learning how to read my book with her propped up on my arm.  Of course, sometimes it's in the middle of the night, and that can be a drag.