If Edward were a major league baseball player, they'd start an investigation into his training activities: At the doctor today he weighed in at 6 pounds. That's a half-pound more than just a week ago, for a gain of about 9 percent of his body weight. No steroids needed here, however, just breastmilk administered every two hours, awake or asleep, day or night. The good news is that this weight gain, coupled with a distinct lessening of his jaundice, means we can shift to feeding him every three hours. That might not sound like much of a change, but as Mary points out, that's four fewer feedings per day. For overnight it means feeding at 9 p.m., midnight, 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., instead of 10, midnight, 2, 4 and 6, which means longer periods of fairly uninterrupted sleep.

The rest of his check-up was equally glowing, so his next doctor's appointment isn't until his one-month (!) check-up in two weeks.