Faith's 2 week checkup

Today we took Faith back to her pediatrician for her two week checkup.

She weighs 8 pounds 5 ounces putting her in the 75 percentile for her weight.  Faith grew another 1/4 inch this week.  She is now 21 1/2 inches long.  That puts her in the 90 percentile for her height.  And her head is 35 1/2 centimeters which is in the 50 percentile.

I asked the pediatrician if we should be concerned about Faith's little boobies because they are pretty puffy.  She told me that while they are larger than most, it's nothing to be concerned about.  She just has a lot of breast tissue because of all the estrogen she's getting from my milk.  And we might even notice them leaking milk!  But not to worry it's normal and will eventually go away...

Then the pediatrician left and the nurse came back in to prick Faith's heel for her second round of state screenings.  Poor thing yelled and yelled while the nurse squeezed and squeezed her heel to get the blood needed for the tests.  Grace stood beside me while I tried to comfort Faith and said, "It's not working, Momma!"  And she was right.  Nothing I did made Faith stop crying until the nurse was done.  The nurse was very nice though.  After she was finished she told Grace that she was such a big girl and a big helper.  Then she offered Grace a Splenda lollipop.

After Grace selected one lollipop the nurse told her to get another one because she was such a good girl.  Then she told her to get one for Momma and another one for Daddy.  Needless to say Grace was very excited about all the treats.  After we got in the car Grace said, "We go to duh doc-tur mah-row too, Momma?"  (Can we go to the doctor tomorrow, too, Momma?)  Thankfully, no. 

We go back for Faith's 1 month checkup on August 17.