The thinking baby

Over a week has come and gone. The life of Sarah in Kuru, Finland has seen growth each day. Well, it’s difficult to tell if she is growing, but she has increased her diet on a daily basis. From the point of coming home from the hospital, we only gave her about 10-15 ml of formula each time she needed it. Today, she requires about 60 ml each time. Of course, she doesn’t consume all at once, but we can assume that she needs more food everyday in order to sustain her growth.

In addition to food intake, Sarah has been cranky and it’s difficult to determine what she needs. Katriina and I just go with the flow and hopes that everything will turn out all right. I think this is a typical method of raising a baby from the beginning. Diaper changing is normally the most difficult time as Sarah likes to use her lungs to the max. At times, she’s easier than others. Her umbilical cord hasn’t fallen off yet, so we are anticipating it to happen around next week.

There has been some sleepless nights as one would imagine. Sarah’s sleeping pattern is unpredictable, but we predict that she wakes up anywhere between 2-4 hours. And then she would need to be fed, have diaper changed and bottom washed. The cycle continues.