Three Weeks Old

Lily is three weeks old today, and I saw my OB for a check-in. I will go back at 6 weeks for the "full" exam to make sure I have healed well, but so far so good.

As far as Miss Lily goes, at 2 weeks and 3 days, she went in for her 2 week appt, and she weighed in at 8 pounds, and grew 1.5 inches to 20 inches! Wow!

She did have umbilical granuloma, and Dr. Flanzbaum had to put silver nitrate on it to stop the oozing, and it finally appears to have stopped bleeding. Of course, the first thing that Jason said was "that is going to hurt baby girl" only to have Dr. F tell him no. That there were no nerve endings there, so she would feel nothing. That was somewhat amusing. Once again, though, I have to say how much I love this pediatrician. He always explains everything, in detail, and does not necessarily "dumb it down" for Jay and I. He also listens to our concerns and questions, and gives us his opinion without making us feel bad about ours.

It was nice to see Charlie actually smile at Dr. F for the first time in about a year, because Dr. Flanzbaum gave him a "emon sucker." Of course, when Dr. F attempted an experiment to see if Charlie would actually let him put the stethoscope on Charlie's belly, Charlie was having nothing to do with that :) So much for the sucker solving ALL the problems!

On his recommendation print out he gave to us, he actually wrote "Charlie needs to be a good big brother and take care of his sister" and for Jay and I to "enjoy the heck out" of Lily.

We are doing just that, and Charlie is doing pretty darn good at following his instructions from Dr. F :)