Feed Melvin

Adventures in Triple Feeding -

Our first born came to us in January of this year (2026) -- two weeks early. It was clear that he had plenty of room to grow and our sleepy newborn needed a lot of attention to get him gaining weight in the first few months. We understood that he needed to gain at least 1 ounce per day to get on track and so I did what I tend to do when faced with a challenge. I turned it into a game!

We bought a scale, fed him every 2 hours (or more if he wanted it), washed ALOT of bottles, and weighed him daily to gauge how we were doing without having to weight for a checkup at the Pediatricians office. If he was on track for that day we celebrated. If he came in a little low we tweaked the frequency, amount per bottle, kept him upright, burped him more frequently, and did our best to find the balance of giving him the opportunity to eat as much as possible without spitting it all up!

All that work paid off and the little guy (well not so little anymore) has more than doubled his birth weight!

While all that was going, I thought "Hey, since we've made this into a game. Mabye I could make this into a game that you all can play as well..."

I was able to do alot of the vibe coding and testing with one hand while feeding an infant!