Our first visit to Dr J was the Monday (12/27) following Moggie's discharge on Christmas when he was just a wee 6 day old newborn. Here we are waiting in the pediatrician's office and filling out paper work.
Overall a clean bill of health despite being in the NICU for 3 days. It's a long story starting with me having a fever during labor. That meant poor M needed to be on antibiotics for 2 days. While in the ICU, they discovered that M couldn't maintain his body temperature and that his heart beat was a tad irregular. These symptoms are actually pretty common in newborns though the doctors wanted to keep a close eye to be safe and charge the insurance company for a longer stay :p
M gained a couple ounces since leaving the hospital though he was not close to birth weight. That's OK, we had till 2 weeks. A goal I worked very hard on and achieved. Go team M&M :D
Scheduled a couple follow up visits with the pediatrician and cardiologist. The following visits were pretty uneventful. Definitely a good thing. M received a clean bill of health and is putting on weight. We'll find out how much further along he's progressing with weight gain at our 1 month visit on Friday. You can tell I'm a little obsessed with this weight thing since I'm worried about milk supply sigh.
wow! this is you after 1 week? you're looking really good :) Hope the breastfeeding is going well! Are you starting to plan a red egg party for Moggie?
ReplyDeleteyou look great. is that DH - he looks like he needs a shave - lol! oh yeah, go ahead and obsess like crazy, we understand :D moggie looks fab in his little hat.
ReplyDeleteI agree -- you look great! I too became obsessed with milk supply and weight because L was a wee little thing (5 lb 8 oz) and was a month early. Now at nearly 14 months she is doing great and I just breastfed her for the last time this week. She is so heavy now that I have had to shell out mucho dinero for massages and acupuncture because I carry her back and forth to work on the T in an ergo along with all of our food and accessories for the day. Some days I wish I had a sherpa.
ReplyDeleteI promise it gets easier with the breastfeeding and I know some days it feels like that is all you do right?! You can do it momma!
thanks ladies! still got the pooch to loose :( it's hidden in the pics wahaha
ReplyDeletesky - DH is trying to sport the same hair do as the baby. we may have to give them both a hair cut soon lol
jenny- wow you did great with your lil one :) makes me feel more optimistic!!! r you pumping at work? oh man i can only imagine the pain from carrying a baby back and forth. i hope ppl are considerate enough to offer you a seat! bart riders weren't quite so generous when I was pregnant :P
Hi Mini,
ReplyDeleteI did pump once at work -- I am home with her in the mornings and in the office afternoons, so I could get away with feeding her when I dropped her off at daycare by my office, then pumping once and then feeding her when I picked her up or if she could wait, at home.
Then once she started to eat food (around 5 1/2 months old) I didn't have to pump anymore because she would just eat food and drink some water in the afternoons.
Since I don't usually have to get on the T during rush hour I can almost always get a seat! And if it's crowded people usually will let us sit... if they don't I try to make L cry so that she looks cute and pathetic at the same time so that people would take pity!!!