Levi's 2 week appointment

Today Levi had his 2 week appointment. He ended up not needing his 3-5 day after hospital discharge appointment, the pediatrician at the hospital had said that visit would have been to check for jaundice and for weight - both of which appeared to him to be just fine. So I appreciated being able to cut out one doctor's appointment. We saw Kaylee's doctor. It was good to see her again, it's amazing to me that kids see the doctor soooooooo many times their first 2 years then all of the sudden - they don't need to go between ages 2-3 and an entire year passes. It's a relief for parents though I'll tell you.

Anyways, at his appointment he weighed an utterly amazing 11 lb 3 oz. His birth weight was 9 lb 13.5 oz. That means that in 2 weeks he's gained 1 lb 5.5 oz. That is more than an ounce a day! My sister and I had measured Levi's weight about 4 days ago coming up with that amount of weight gain, we were shocked and said "Nah, let's wait and see what it is at the doctor's appointment - that doesn't seem possible!" Suffice it to say, she was happy with his weight and said he was "thriving" and had no concerns about him. On the charts his weight comes in at the 98%. The doctor said there should be no monitoring of too much weight gain at this stage. She examined his eyes, ears, startle symmetry, heartbeat/lungs with stethoscope. Saying all was well. She said he was already starting to try to track with his eyes. She said he is very strong - which we had already noticed with him already trying to lift his head, his ability to sort of crawl on his tummy in forward movement and his very strong sucking/nursing ability. They measured his height at 21.75" (at birth he was 21.25"). Eric says that actually he thought there was a mistake - because on the scale he thought Levi measured 23".

It's kind of strange to hear your newborn's name publicly for the first time. We checked in and they asked for the patient's name, it felt weird to say "Levi." Then to hear them call it out in the waiting room was surreal. It just seems like so little time has gone by since it was just a name in our minds.

I have my 2 week appointment after cesarean today. They'll do an incision check. We'll see how they say I am doing next...much less exciting than the newborn report I'll admit.