Ava is 3 weeks old today! We can't believe she has already been with us for 3 weeks. She is such a sweet little girl. We have had some difficulties in the past week. It all started last Thursday when our home computer crashed which is why we have not posted any new pictures of updates. On Friday, we went to Ava's 2 week appointment. She weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. which was not quite enough weight gain since our last appointment. Our doctor wanted me to start supplementing formula 3 times a day. So, we started supplementing the formula which we soon found out that Ava did not care for. She got really gassy, fussy and refused to sleep. I quite the formula on Saturday evening in hopes that this would help and get her back on her schedule. It worked! We had hoped to make it to church on Sunday morning but that didn't happen when I woke up with a fever and flu-like symptoms. Luckily, it only lasted for 24 hours and I was much better Monday morning when I woke up. On Monday, we went back to the doctor to check on her weight. She now weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. She is now 1 oz. above her birth weight!!! YEAH!! We officially discontinued the formula and she is doing much better.
Ava has decided that she likes to refuse to sleep about one night a week. She is very content during this time but just wants to be held and stay awake the entire night/day. Luckily, it doesn't last too long but it has been frustrating when this does happen.
We are sorry for the lack of pictures and will hopefully get some pictures up soon. I am updating this using Curt's work computer but I don't have access to that as often or during convenient times. We are searching for a new computer and will hopefully make a purchase in the next week. Ava's next doctor's appointment is on Friday, June 13th. We will keep you updated as much as possible until then. :-)
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