Bryce's First Doctor Appointment

Bryce visited the doctor Monday and received a good bill of health. He was 7lbs which is good because it's more than his weight leaving the hospital. He's sleeping a lot and we struggle to get him to stay awake after feeding. We're using elements of the BabyWise technique like we did with Sydney. Wow I just put BabyWise in Google and man are there a lot of negative articles. We don't really follow the strict scheduling (which seems to be the source of all the outcry) but try to follow the "Eat, Wake, Sleep" method. What's funny is that our pediatrician is Robert Bucknam who co-authored the book. He doesn't push the book or the technique and I'm sure he's aware of the criticism. His advice during the checkup was to try to keep Bryce awake during the feedings which is really difficult right now. All he wants to do is sleep! I remember this same behavior with Sydney and by the third week she had woken up and was colicly all night. Hopefully we'll avoid that with Bryce. So far he seems much more mellow than Sydney.

Today was the day we were scheduled to be induced. Bryce obviously wasn't waiting for that!