Doctor visit, work visit, cluster mania

New pictures are up in the photo album.

Went to the doctor on Monday. She weighs 8 pounds, 4 ounces now. She's 21.5 inches long and has a head circumference of 37cm, up from 35 at birth. Overall doctor says she looks good. Her diaper rash was getting worse again (after switching wipes and it clearing up a bit) so he looked at it. Just told us to use diaper rash cream very very liberally and try some naked time during her naps. It's getting better again. Also asked about her inability to sleep on her back for any length of time. He basically told us what we already knew (she'd grow out of it, keep trying to put her down, wait until she's really asleep).

Wednesday we went to Cedars to visit my work. Everyone was excited to see her, and we got lots of comments about how "you don't see (a baby) here everyday". She was very good for the trip. Friday we went to Chris's branch to see people at his work. She was very good and alert most of the time there.

We have started being more diligent about putting her in the cradle as soon as she is asleep. We've tried heating up the mattress a little with a heating pad for about 5 minutes before sticking her in there. It seems to help reduce the shock of the cold mattress a little bit. We've made a little progress. She's taken a few hour or so naps in there, as well as a handful of half hour naps, and even fussed herself to sleep once. She's gonna get used to sleeping in there eventually gosh dang it!

Her cluster feeding has become longer... much longer, which has kinda begun to get a bit stressful. She'll start earlier (around 6, 7 or 8pm instead of 10pm) and still goes to bed around midnight or 1am at the earliest. Instead of feeding for half an hour at each feeding, it's become at least an hour. We still get about 4-5 hours of sleep after her cluster, and about 3-4 after her early morning feeding. If we really want to sleep in we can get about another 2-3 after that feeding if we need it.

That's about all we've been up to. We're getting ready for Thanksgiving. My parents are coming out, and my brothers get to meet Ryleigh for the first time. She gets to meet all my family at Thanksgiving as well. We'll see if she behaves.