Weekly review: Week ending May 13, 2016

Posted: May 16, 2016 - Modified: May 29, 2019| review, weekly

This week was mostly focused on figuring out some way to supplement A- in preparation for any fortification the dietitian might prescribe. She still doesn't take the bottle and the lactation aid was a bit more trouble than I could manage, but we've had a little success with feeding her with an eyedropper while she's breastfeeding. Her weight's still up and down, but I hope the overall trend gets better. I added the weight standards from the WHO growth charts to my baby data visualizations. We can see her dropping through the percentiles (from 85% to 5%), but maybe she's really just a small baby.

Lots of medical follow-ups, too. We saw the cardiologist on Wednesday. A-'s ventricular septal defect is even smaller now (2.7mm), so the cardiologist doesn't think it's the reason for her slow weight gain. A- feeds a bit longer when we supplement her at the breast, so maybe it's a matter of latch or flow. We'll find out more once we sort out the referrals to a dietitian and a lactation consultant. We're also going to be seeing a nurse from the Healthy Babies Healthy Children program. (Talk to all the medical professionals!)

I've been a little preoccupied with A-, but I managed to squeeze in a little time to do some sewing on Tuesday and some consulting on Thursday. I'm looking forward to getting even more done as we clear these challenges and I get into the rhythm of these weeks.

W- continues to be totally awesome. We were initially a bit tense about A-'s poor weight gain, but his support has been helping me relax a little (or at least worry a bit less). Learning more about this parenting thing. =)

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Sketches

Focus areas and time review

Business (4.9h – 2%)
- Earn (4.7h – 96% of Business)
  - ☐ Earn: E1: 1-2 days of consulting
- Build (0.0h – 0% of Business)
  - Drawing (0.0h)
  - Paperwork (0.0h)
- Connect (0.2h – 3% of Business)
Relationships (3.2h – 1%)
- ☑ Call pediatrician's office regarding lactation consultant referral
- ☑ Ask breastfeeding clinic about SNS, check weight
- ☑ Call Eye Clinic and ask about anaesthesia scheduling
- ☑ Follow up with cardiologist regarding A-'s slow weight gain
Discretionary – Productive (12.5h – 7%)
- Emacs (1.0h – 0% of all)
  - ☑ [#B] Do another Emacs News review
  - ☐ [#B] Do another Emacs News review
- Coding (5.6h – 3% of all)
  - ☑ Add supplementation tracking
  - ☑ Add time span
  - ☑ Add weight standards
  - ☑ Clean up and print weight history
  - ☑ Allow nursing tracking without side specification
- ☑ Update sach.ac and namecheap information
- ☑ Set up Tangerine
- Sewing (0.0h)
- Writing (0.2h)
Discretionary – Play (0.7h – 0%)
Personal routines (21.5h – 12%)
Unpaid work (75.0h – 44%)
- Childcare (68.8h – 40% of total)
Sleep (50.1h – 29% – average of 7.2 per day)

You can e-mail me at sacha@sachachua.com.