One Month Doctor's Visit

My Halahbuji, Mommy and I went to my one month doctor's appointment.  We went a week early because my doctor is going on vacation next week.  Anywho, the doc said that I am doing great!  My jaundice still looks ok, not too bad, but it will take a few months to go away.  I am now 8 lbs, 4 oz and 21 inches long.  I am becoming a chunky monkey!  My belly button is healing nicely but hasn't fallen off yet.  According to the doc, my head size is in 14 inches around which is in the 25th percentile, my height is in the 50th percentile, and my weight is in the 25th percentile.  What does all that mean?  It means I am right where I should be!!  Yea!  I behaved very well at the doctor's office, I only cried once when she looked in my ears.  No one had ever done that before so I was quite shocked!  

Week 3

I am more alert and awake these days!  I love it when Mommy and Daddy talk to me....I can stare at them for at least 10 minutes before I get overstimulated.  These days, I fight naptime and sleep because I want to stay up but am overtired!  There are times when I talk in my sleep, making all sorts of noise.  I hear Mommy used to do this and sometimes still does!  Mommy says that my legs are getting chunky...must mean I am eating well during breastfeeding.  Mommy also says that I am doing a better job at eating from her boobies!  I like to sleep with my neck all the way extended out towards my back....my parents think I look uncomfortable but I am just fine!  I also like to give my parents a run for their money at around 7 at night.....getting fussy and doing my best to keep them on their toes!

Second Week so far

Here are some things that I can do already or realized about myself:

- I can lift my head up for about 10 seconds at a time.

- I can follow objects with my eyes.

- I smile a lot when I sleep.

- I look like I am swimming with my arms when I get really upset.

- I kick my legs like I am running in place when I have bad gas.

- I pucker my lips and scrunch my nose just before I let out some poop.

- I like getting my diaper changed.  Sometimes when I am eating and I have a dirty diaper, I get really upset.  I don't like to eat dirty.

- I love sleeping in my bassinet.

First Doctor's Visit

I went to see my pediatrician yesterday, Dr. Coven at the Westchester Medical Group in Rye.  When we got there, they measured my height again which was pretty much the same as when I was born.  My weight on the other hand, whoa!  All babies lose weight the first week of life.  Apparently it takes about 2 weeks after for them to gain it back.  I was 6 pounds 12.6 ounces on Thursday and now I am 7 pounds 2.5 ounces!  I gained it all back and then some in one week!  The doctor said that Mommy and Daddy are doing a good job feeding me.  I did NOT like being examined at all.  I screamed the loudest I have ever screamed in my short life thus far!  Ear deafening.

Mommy and Daddy have been telling people how good I have been.  Boy did I show them wrong last night!  Tee hee!  I gave them their first dose of colick!  I just couldn't get comfortable and wouldn't fall asleep right after I ate like I usually do.  I am more alert and just don't know how to handle it.  It all started when Mommy had to run out to Target to get more diapers.  I was so sad that I decided to teach my parents a lesson!  I was fussy and uncooperative from about 7pm to midnight or so.  Finally slept for about 4 hours, and woke up to eat.  Then I wouldn't fall back asleep for about and hour and a half.  But I felt bad so I let Mommy and Daddy sleep until about 8am.  I can't have them be to sleepy on the job!

Some more interesting facts about me....

When I am starting to slip into my food coma, and commence my sleeping process, I do something that Mommy and Daddy find very disturbing.  I roll my eyes into the back of my head so you can see the whites.  I like freaking them out.  Its fun!  Also,(and Daddy says I get this from Mommy) they call me One-Eye Lily because when I am asleep, I sometimes sleep with one eye open.  Ha!  Also, I have nasal problems just like Daddy!  We both snore pretty loudly when we sleep.

I started to poop A LOT yesterday.  I had like 6 poops!  Before that I only pooped once a day!  Mommy and Daddy were relieved to see so much poop but also kind of disgusted with me.  I am doing much better with breast feeding but sometimes give Mommy some trouble because I get gasey when I eat.  Thank goodness Mommy figured that out and now I have an easier time eating after she burps me.

Yesterday, my great-grandma, great aunt, great uncle on my Mom's side came to visit me for the first time.  They think I look a lot like Daddy.  They also said that my parents are going to be in big trouble later on because they think I will be pretty.  Don't worry Daddy, I won't be interested in boys, just studying and being a good girl!  My great aunt and great grandmother make two kinds of soup to help Mommy heal and to help her breast milk be healthy.  One was a seaweed soup and the other a ginseng chicken soup with dates.  Mommy thought both were delish!

My Immo(aunt in Korean) Olivia came to visit also and took a lot of great pictures of me and my family.  She is an artist you know!  Check them out!

Settling in at home

Mommy and Daddy sure have been busy since I came around.  Mommy is mostly in charge if feeding me( I am getting so much better at taking milk from her boobies!) and Daddy is in charge of diapering.  I think Mommy has it much better than him!

Yesterday, we went for a short walk around the neighborhood....I like my new stroller and car seat.  I can sleep in it for hours!  Today we went to the park and watched Daddy kick the soccer ball around.  I hung out in the sunshine which the doctor says is good for my jaundice, which I have a little bit of.  Mommy is still having a hard time recovering from her episiotomy so we take it easy and try not to walk for too long and always have a nice camping chair for her to sit in.  

Mommy's breast milk came in yesterday afternoon.  Boy, was she uncomfortable!  I felt bad but not really because hey, let's face it, I need that stuff!  It sure was tasty.  Once I figured out how to get it out, I have been ravenous ever since!  Mommy still gives me some formula for the jaundice though to make sure that I am getting enough fluids to get rid of it.  

Mommy said when I was inside of her that Daddy was nervous about being a father and taking care of me.  I think he is doing a wonderful job, much better than he expected I'd say.  He makes sure I have everything that I need and even tells Mommy a thing or to about parenting!!  He loves telling Mommy what to do based on what he read in all of those baby manuals.  I love Daddy....I can stare at him for a really long time because he is so ruggedly handsome.  I am definitely Daddy's little girl.  

Postpartum visit at the hospital

Mommy, Daddy, and I went on our first venture out since we came home from the hospital.  We had to go back to the hospital so that Mommy and I could get checked out to make sure we were doing ok.  We met with a postpartum specialist who checked Mommy's blood pressure and asked questions about how she was healing and how the breastfeeding was going.  The specialist said when I left the hospital on Tuesday, I was 6 pounds 12.5 ounces, which is normal to lose weight in the first few days of life.  When she weighed my today, I was 6 pounds, 12.6 ounces.  They want to make sure that I didn't lose any weight and am at least starting to gain weight which I am!  

I sometimes like to suck on Mommy's breast, but mostly I want what I want and I wanted it yesterday.  Daddy says that I get that from Mommy.  Mommy can't give me the milk that I want and the mass amounts I want it in so she is feeding me some formula, breastfeeding, and pumping out the milk for me.  She is one busy lady!

The specialist also checked me out.  I have a little jaundice(another reason why Mommy had to give me some formula) but the specialist said it looks good and for my parents to keep and eye on it.  I lost a little weight(which is normal the first week) so I now weigh 6 pounds 12.6 ounces.  

My First Week of Life

Hello everyone!  I am here!  My name is Lily Seol-Hee Obligado.  My parents are Angie and Andre Obligado.  I am so happy to make by debut and to meet you!  When I was born, I weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.  I was very swollen from my Mommy pushing me for 2 1/2 hours!!

Here are some fun things that have happened so far during my first week in the world.  I didn't get to go home from the hospital in style like I wanted to because my Daddy and my Halahbuhji(grandpa in Korean) had some miscommunication.  Halahbuhji was being nice and trying to take some bags home for Mommy and Daddy but accidentally took home the bag with my clothes and Mommy's clothes!  Daddy tried to call him to tell him to bring back the clothes, but he misunderstood and brought home and empty bag, thinking we needed to put stuff in it to go home.  Mommy was very disappointed but got over it.  She went home in the hospital gown and her robe and I went home with two long-sleeved onesies one, one on top and one to cover my legs!!  We both looked so funny!

When my Daddy changed my first diaper, I was in the midst of pooping.  He didn't realize until he saw some more poop come out of my butthole!!  Boy, was he surprised!  Mommy was laughing the entire time.  The excitement wasn't over yet....I peed all over the changing pad when Daddy went to get the new diaper...hee hee.  Daddy was pretty frantic if you could imagine!

I get a lot of great dreams when I am asleep.  They make me smile and even crack up a bit.  I get the hiccups a lot which Mommy tells me was the same when I was in her belly.  I sleep a lot and am starting to pee and poop a lot too.  When I am hungry, I cry like a banshee.  I like to keep Mommy and Daddy on their toes!