The Carey's: Two Week Appointment

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Two Week Appointment

How is Sawyer already two weeks old!? It's gone by so fast already. Here are her stats from her 2 week check up:

Weight: 7 lbs 3 oz (11th percentile)
Height: 20 inches (25th percentile)
Head: 13.5 inches (9th percentile)

We have a little peanut on our hands!! She is so petite, not sure where she gets that! With how bad her jaundice was, she had gone all the way down to 6 lbs 10 oz, so even though she's not quite back to her birth weight, she's doing great gaining weight now!

Her bilirubin levels were still slightly elevated at her appointment so our next step was to have her switch to formula for 24 hours since her jaundice is due to breastfeeding. She definitely did not want to take the first bottle we gave her. She didn't scream or anything, she just couldn't quite figure it out. I'm pretty sure she got more formula down her shirt/neck than in her mouth! She did better the second time around and thankfully the 24 hours went fast and she's back to breastfeeding like a champ. The doctor didn't think we'd need to come back in, the formula should bring it down quickly, but I may just make a stop into the clinic tomorrow to get her checked for my own piece of mind :)

Here are a few pictures from the past couple of days:

Sawyer got her first bath at home! With our two hospital stays, we were lucky to have them bathe her the first couple of times. She didn't really like it if you can't tell!