Waking Up Bella

As of today, Bella is 9 days old! She is such an incredible gift from the Lord and we are trying to capture and cherish each and every little memory with her before these days are gone! After yesterday's appointment, she is now just a 1/2 an ounce below her birth weight, so she is eating like a champ...which makes mommy very relieved and happy! It is still very difficult to wake her up sometimes as she is usually more interested in sleeping the day away, but nonetheless, the doc's report confirms that she is indeed eating and on the fast track to regaining her weight she lost due in part to her jaundice issues at birth.

Isabella has many little faces that we've already been able to identify. Chris cracks up at her little "pooping" face where she makes an "o" out of her mouth, tilts her head back, and freezes. It really is a crack up! I love her wake up faces/moves! Below is a video of one of them! She flexes her back forward, kicks back her head, and rolls her little legs up in froggy style up towards her behind! She usually does this like 4-5 times in a row (told ya she was a sleepy baby!)



On Wednesday, the 20th, Bella will be going in for a minor little procedure where she will have a frenectomy, which cuts back the frenulum linguae (medical name for that string like looking thing that connects the bottom of the tongue to the bottom of your mouth!). The Pediatrician hopes that this will help with some of her latching problems, but it will also help with future speech problems that can be a result of the frenulum being so close to the end of her tongue. The doc said it will also help her be able to french kiss in the future...which almost through Daddy off his rocker and made him want to veto the procedure! :0) We were able to convince him otherwise and he is on board! Do pray for Isabella and Mommy on Wednesday even though the procedure is an outpatient procedure and should be done quickly.

Other than that, Mommy and Bella are learning to find a routine in our schedules. Some days we do really well and other days it is more of a hassle. Last night was a struggle, but today has started off very well! We are praying that the progress continues, but giving ourselves grace knowing that she is less than 2 weeks old!

Oh gotta go hear baby crying!