Preston had his first doctor's appointment on Wednesday. He is exactly 3 weeks old. The doctor was very impressed with his weight gain. He weighs in at 9 lbs and is 21.5 inches long. He looks monstrous compared to the Japanese babies...Some of them looked like they had not grown, since they were born. We had to retire his first newborn outfit because his is just too long for it....His little legs can't kick all the way out, when he wears it. He has jaundice, which is fairly common in breastfed babies. The doctor was not concerned at all; however, we do have a jaundice expert in the family, who keeps worrying about (all I will say is that it is not me). The only thing that was concerning at the appointment is that one of his blood results for the metabolic diseases screening was abnormal, so he had to get retested. We will have the results in 2 weeks....Obviously, this is very concerning, but we were told that false positives are very common, so we are remaining positive.
At the hospital, there were soooo many mothers and babies there...I left my house at 11:30 for my 12:30pm appointment and did not get home until 5:00pm...It took forever (socialized medicine but it only cost $10) and while I was waiting, no one fed their babies...It was so weird. Babies were crying everywhere and mothers and fathers were walking around with them but not feeding them. They had to be hungry! Thank god for my Hooter Hider....I use that thing all of the time.
On our way out
Preston undergoing treatment for his jaundice/sunbathing ;)
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