Hospital Blurbs...

Overlook Hospital:

Many of you know that originally we had planned on delivering at St. Barnabas Hospital but since the schedule for c-sections dictated where we delivered... We ended up at Overlook Hospital. In the end, we were fine with that. We went ahead of time for a tour to get to know the place. The nurses at Overlook (for the most part) were very good. We had 3 nurses that were just not very good... Nurse Ratchet would not allow grandma & grandpa extra visiting time... The Eastern European that you could barely understand and reminded us of an SS officer... The Part Timer... she just had horrible bed side manners (to say the least). But then there were the few that had they not been a part of our experience, it would not have been the same... The two Linda's... just plain AWESOME! Esther the breast feeding master! Harmony the wonderful nurse that helped mom get on solid foods faster!

The Name Game (part 2):

Apologies for the fact that Baby Wilson did not have an official name until 3 days after her birth! I have been given permission to blame this fully on the Daddy. We had a few names going into the birth (of course the boy names were bumped the minute she was born)...but the final 3 girls names were just difficult to choose from. For the sake that we may use them in the future, we are not divulging those names... But after Mommy spent over 24 hours calling Kayla by this name or KK... Daddy FINALLY got on board. The middle name was the 2nd piece to hold up this announcement but in the end we LOVE her name and think it could not be MORE perfect.

Making Weight

Its seems as though our little peanut needs to eat more than mommy was able to provide. The Dr. said that newborns that are Kayla's size need about 2-3 oz's per feeding (which is on avg about every 3 hours)... Since my milk did not come in until Tuesday (the day we left the hospital) and it came in quite slow and meager... The hospital pediatrician advised that we supplement with formula. The concern arose on Sunday night when we took Kayla took the nursery for her 9pm vitals check and the nurse returned saying that she spiked a fever of 100.4 and was really dehydrated. She got a few oz's of formula and was as ood as new! By the time we left the hospital, Kay lost 10% of her body weight which makes the nurses a bit concerned so they told us to continue the supplemental formula each feeding (on top of the breastfeeding) until we saw our Doctor. I have to tell you that hearing your 2 day old newborn got a fever b/c you could not supply her with the food she needed is very upsetting. We are so glad the Dr. stepped in and made them give her what she needed.