First PD Appt

We took Alfee for his first check up at TMC today. His doctor is Dr Ang Ai Ting. When the staff called his name, both Papa and I took a second too long to respond. We were expecting "Sophie" to be called, not "Alfee". We are still adjusting to our little tiger cub. The wait was around an hour so I ended up breastfeeding him in the clinic. I felt quite awkward with so many people walking around us but I bit the bullet and continued. I am still not confident as a breastfeeding mum yet this particular necessity has made me felt like a pro. Occasionally, I would give warning glares to passers-by so that they would not even think of staring at me (or my breasts). 

Anyhow, we are so glad Alfee's jaundice has almost gone down to nothing. We did not really sun him according to their advice because I found it too distressing to strip a newborn and leave him crying for 30 minutes. Instead, we put him in a comfortable position in his cot bed near the window. Fortunately, it worked. And that was when we discovered Alfee's initial talent - boxing!

So apart from jaundice, we were very worried about his poo-poo. He had not poo-ed for 3 days after a major one on Tuesday 3.30 pm. The standard for newborns is 3 poo a day. Yet his urine has been plentiful and clear. Luckily, he gave a enornmous puddle of liquid poo at 8.40 am this morning so the PD was glad it came out of his system. Alfee has also put on 300g since he was discharged on Sunday. His currently weight is 3.04 kg. Hooray! It means I have enough milk for him (for now) and he is growing!!! How amazing! This little fellow is slowly filling up although I still cannot see it. However, he also has some serious erythema toxicum (ET) and neonatal acne which makes him look quite ugly (objectively). To me, he still looks as sweet as ever...