Day 18
July 8th, 2005 by anonamomDay 18
9 pounds, 11 oz, 22” long and 14½ head circumference! Our 2 week check up was smashing! The doc says our baby is “thriving”. And while he said I couldn’t overfeed him, he did ask if I was interested in becoming a wet nurse! And, I was talking to a student doctor about how they should gain back their birth weight by this visit - he realized that our healthy baby had gained almost two pounds (as he dropped to 8, 1 when he left the hospital) and suggested I start spreading out his feedings.
Baby has acne. Doc said it’s him getting rid of my hormones. Hopefully he’ll get rid of them for good, as I don’t have the porcelain skin one dreams of. I worry about him having bad qualities from either of us - my skin, his dad’s (and my) hairy self…. Could he have… we’ll, when trying to pick and choose, God please let him stay healthy and full.
Auntie went with us to the doc. Thank goodness. How does one carry the carrier-thing, the baby (because of course he’s crying in the carrier thing, so he’s not actually in it), his backpack of stuff, my purse…. Jeez. Anyway, the nurse made me nervous and I put his outfit on backwards after the checkup! Don’t think anyone noticed, but I did call Auntie and tell her about it later. She’s a good Auntie. Very protective and so in awe.