Hi, Kim! I'm a brand new baby slave myself. Must be something in the air this week. Abby had her babies on Tuesday. Two pups, but one sadly did not make it.
Little Indie began foraging on hay and sampling some of her mother's lettuce the first day. On the second day she discovered the pellet dish. Today I taught her how to use the water bottle and she took right to it. She didn't nurse the first day, but was nursing the second day.
If you're able to, when you feed the momma, watch what the pups do. They should follow her to the dish. That's how Indie discovered the lettuce. She was be-bopping right along behind Abby and sort of ran into a leaf of lettuce and nibbled on it out of curiosity. Once she realized it was pretty tasty she ate some.
Weigh the pups daily on a small kitchen scale to check the progression of their weight. They usually drop in weight slightly the first couple of days, but begin to gain weight at a slow rate the third day. I have found that with the pups, it's best to weigh in grams rather than ounces for a more accurate reading, since sometimes the scale will hover between ounces.