The Arkins: Cameron is 5 Weeks Old!

Cameron Leigh is 5 Weeks Old!
Age: 5 Weeks
Weight: 10 lbs 5.8 oz (home)
Clothing Size: Finally wearing size 0-3M onesies. She can still wear newborn pants.
Diaper Size: Pampers Swaddlers Size 1 are her favorite. We tried another brand and but it was *this* close to leaking out the top of the back.
Milestones: Umbilical Cord Fell Off 11/15; First REAL bath (non-sponge) 11/20
Special Outings: Mother & Baby Tea 11/14 & 11/16; Dinner Out 11/17 & 11/18; Birthday Party 11/19
Feeding Schedule: ~10 x’s per day

Cami is still doing well! I took her to the pediatrician Tuesday for her umbilical cord. The Dr. treated it and it immediately fell of the next day. It was a bit oozy at first but now it seems pretty normal. It’s nice not having to worry about it anymore. From out 2 week visit to this visit (15 days), Cami had gained 26 ounces. From what I’ve read 5-8 ounces a week is normal so she is definitely over achieving. The Dr. was not concerned as breastfed babies can’t be overfed. They stop when they are full.

Her sleep is ok. The beginning of the week was going well, but the past two nights it’s been a struggle to get her down at the beginning of the night. It seems like she’s up between 10pm – 12am and wants to eat twice (one hour apart). I guess maybe she’s just filling up for the night? I’d much prefer it if she’s do this a little bit earlier! Between about 1am – 5am she’ll usually wake up once but goes back down pretty easily.

We took her out to dinner twice this week with success. She pretty much slept the whole time we were out which was nice. On Tuesday we met Bryan and Kelly at Tijuana Flats and on Thursday I met some of my co-workers at 5 Guys. Again, she slept both times.

On Saturday night we went to a birthday party for Bryan’s friend Betsy. I wore Cami in the sling. She was awake for a good amount of time just looking around and enjoying the attention. She fell asleep for a bit then woke up ready to eat. When I went to feed her there, we had our first blowout in public! She managed to poop through her diaper, onesie AND pants! Of course I didn’t bring an extra outfit. I had a little long sleeve shirt on over her onesie so after getting cleaned up, she wore that with a diaper and a blanket then back into the sling. She’s a little stinky one! All the guests at the party were impressed with how good Cami was while we were there. She didn’t cry once and was perfectly content the entire time.

Last night we gave Cami her first real bath now that her umbilical cord has fallen off. She actually seemed to enjoy being in the warm water. She had no issues with us scrubbing her body and hair and even tolerated the rinse pretty well. Once we took her out of the water, she started crying as I’m sure she was probably a bit cold.