day 5

Sound alseep in his snuggle bed right now. It's at between 1am and 6 that he tends to be most unsettled and me overtired. We had our first trip out today to the shops to pick up a few essentials, I put him in the sling and he was sound asleep the whole time, he slept for four solid hours I couldn't believe it. When we got home I stripped him off & changed his nappy to wake him up for a feed as he needs to be fed every 2-3hrs to get back up to his birth weight he is a little under the standard 10% mark as baby's lose weight after birth and day 4 is generally the lowest weight. He seems to have a little rash that comes up and goes away again, I am not concerned as the midwife suggested it's probably just newborn rash and getting used to the outside world. She didn't come out today but called me this morning & will be out to check his weight again tomorrow. I am a little unimpressed that when I mentioned this morning I was going to take him to the chemist to see the baby health club nurse just to get an opinion she suggested I didn't as I was under hospital care and they were qualified to check him out but also at the same time wouldn't come out just for a rash! what the... I think I'll do as I please thank you! I really could not give a damm about hospital policy. I really got the impression this midwifery at home would be a little less protocol and a bit more supportive & caring.