Since leaving the hospital we have been to 4 medical appointments. That seems like a lot for a perfectly healthy baby. The first was the day after we left the hospital. Because of the confusion in the billirubin test at the hospital the pediatrician on call wanted us to come in on Monday. Usually we would have waited another day or two. We met with the lactation consultant, got weighed and had the general look over by Dr. Y. Caroline weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces.
On Tuesday we had to go back up to the hospital for a hearing test. On Sunday they came by the room twice to take Caroline to do it and both times she was nursing. We kept asking about it since we wanted to leave but then they went home. So, we had to return to the hospital for a 5 minute test. She looks pretty funny with all of the wires hooked up.
Friday we went to my chiropractor/doula for my post-partum adjustment. Dr. Cindy specializes in pregnancy and pediatrics. I saw her at least every other week for the entire pregnancy. I will miss seeing her but not miss commuting 45 minutes each way to her office. She weighed Caroline on an old-school spring scale. According to that she weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces.
Yesterday we were back to the pediatrician for the 2 week check up. We went 2 days early because it was the only appointment time available with Dr. H who does not work full time. At this appointment Caroline weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces (25%) was 20 inches (50%) and I don't remember her head measurement but it was also 50%.
While there Katherine weighed herself too. It is her favorite part of going to the doctors office and she usually gets on that scale a number of times while waiting for the doctor to see us.
She is still a lightweight at only 25.6 pounds. But if I am charting it right it appears that she moved from the 5% to the 20% which actually kind of shocks me.
I did not photographed myself on the scale but I weighed myself as well. I gained a total of 28 pounds with Caroline. I started out lower than when I got pregnant with Katherine so the total that I weighed was only a pound more. As of right now I have lost 20 of those pounds so not too far to go to be back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I have decided that I am not going to worry about it at all or do anything to try to lose it until after Labor Day (and my birthday). So, for now, I am back in that awkward phase where maternity clothes are too big and regular clothes are too snug.
I was so glad that Sam was with me because Katherine was a hand full. Our appointment was at 2:40 which meant we picked her up from school and went straight there and had to push the nap back. While there she had 2 accidents which has not happened for a long time and it was a challenge to keep her in the room. I made sure that Caroline's next appointment was scheduled at a time that I would not have Katherine with me.
Katherine has also started talking about monsters. We are trying to make it fun and not scary by reminding her that Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street gang are monsters and that they are not scary. She tells us that there are monsters in our ear. A blue one in the right and a red one in the left. How do we get rid of them? We eat them. Another monster is the tickle monster. It lives under Daddy's baseball cap and when he takes his hat off, he turns into a tickle monster. The tickle monster is green and there are also purple ones. The pink monster is the one that sings.
