Friday, January 11, 2008

First trip to the pediatrician

Isabella had her first visit to her pediatrician last Wed. The appt. was at 8:45am so it was a real test to see if we could wake up, get her fed and get out of the house by that time. We did it! - luckily her doctor is basically right around the corner, less than 5 minutes away.

The doctor said Isabella looked like a very healthy baby. Here are her stats:

Height: 20.5" (50th percentile)
Weight: 7lbs, 11.5 oz (25th percentile)
Head: 14" (30th percentile)

We can't believe she's already gained almost a pound since birth.

One of the best parts of the appt was when the doctor told us we didn't have to wake her up in the middle of the night to feed her anymore. We had been letting her go at most about 5 hours between feedings at night, meaning she was sleeping for 4 hour stretches at night. I was really excited to see how long she'd go and how much sleep we'd be able to get. Guess what - she's stopped doing that. Now she's not letting us go anymore that 3 hours between feedings and she isn't going to sleep right away afterwards either. This means we are lucky to get 1 - 2 hours of sleep at a time.

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