My Doctor Visit

This is when I'm "milk drunk"

Nice and full and fighting to stay awake!

Today I got to meet a really nice doctor. She told me that I now weigh 7 pounds 11 ounces ... almost a pound more than my birth weight! I am now 20.5 inches long (1 inch longer) and they measured my head, 34.5 cm (2.5 cm bigger than birth). Apparently this is all good news and I am doing very well.

Mommy just Loves this face too much and is always trying to catch it on camera!

Mommy also got to ask the doctor lots of questions...


She told the doctor that I am really noisy when I eat and called me a piggy... they said I'm normal. :)


She asked about my belly button (part of my cord hasn't come off yet)... they told her to try drying it out with alcohol, but that it looks good and just needs to heal some more.


She also asked about my breathing because she thinks I breathe too fast... this is normal too.


I think she just worries WAY too much!


Auntie was really good and only asked to see where I plot on the growth chart... 25% for weight and head, 50% for height.


Oh, they also gave me the first of my Hep B shots today. It hurt a little, but I was brave and the nice man gave me a pink Hello Kitty band-aide! What really hurt was the mean man in the lab. They had to take blood from my heal and he wasn't very good... it took 20 minutes and I screamed through the Whole thing. Daddy tried to comfort me, but he wasn't getting poked with the needle!

This is me after my long day (the hat was made by one of my Auntie's friends)

After all that, I slept for a solid 3 1/2 hours uninterrupted. Mommy says she got lots of errands done during that time. After we got home, I ate and passed out again - this is when Auntie and Mommy decided to finish some arts and crafts. Auntie taped my fingers together and they smashed my hand in ink and put my hand print on a picture. As you can see, I didn't care and Daddy said it looks cute!

Speaking of crafts, the other night they decided to get my footprint. This did not go nearly as well as the hand and I screamed during the process. The ink was MUCH more slimy and I was not sleeping during it. I was allowed to recover in the bath though and I really enjoy having my hair washed.

I think the past weekend, okay day, was really busy and am ready for bed tonight (well, Mommy hopes I sleep well) The doctor also told her I was normal at night too!


We'll see what tomorrow brings...

Love to you all,

Maddy (Mommy, Daddy, and Daisy)