Elsa had her second doctor appointment on Friday (two days ago). She was 4 weeks old that day!
It was going to be my first solo outing with her, but it snowed a ton the night before so Jody didn't want me to have to drive on bad roads for my first time out with her which made me very happy (even though she slept the whole time there and back, but in case she had been crying the snow would have been double the stress). So daddy came to her second doctor appointment, too! I love these two photos of Jody with Elsa! We had to get her undressed down to her diaper and he was cuddling her in her blanket to keep her warm! :) :)
So here are Elsa's current growth stats:
Weight
Birth: 6 lb, 3 oz
Her low weight after birth: 5 lb, 7 oz
2 weeks: just under 7 lb
4 weeks: 8 lb, 4 oz
Height
Birth: 19.25 inches
2 weeks: 19.25 inches
4 weeks: 20 inches
Head Circumference
2 weeks: 34.5 cm
4 weeks: 37 cm
I knew she had grown! She still wears newborn size but a couple of the sleepers are really snug now in length, and she fits now in a couple of the smaller 0-3 month sleepers that were too big before (most of that size are still way too big though). And she has a little double chin sometimes and her little legs look a tiny bit thicker than before!
I talked to the doctor about possible acid reflux - I had read about other babies having it, and over the past week or two Elsa had been spitting up a lot, she got the hiccups after almost every feeding, she sometimes cries after burping, and she sometimes chokes a little when eating. When I googled infant acid reflux all these things were listed as symptoms. So it was bothering me so much thinking she might be in pain (and I thought maybe it could explain some of her fussiness). The doctor gave us a prescription for baby Zantac, we give her a syrup twice a day and I immediately noticed a difference! She hasn't spit up nearly as much, that's the biggest thing by far, and she also hasn't gotten the hiccups as much. I hope it keeps getting better, I'm so happy we have this now! Poor Elsa hates it though! :( Her expression when I give her the syrup is actually so funny, it's the face of just hating the taste (it smells very pepperminty, but of course she's only ever had sweet breastmilk so I can see why she doesn't like it). I should video her reaction cause it's so funny!
The doctor also showed us that Elsa had diaper rash - I'd seen it being red before sometimes but didn't know that it was that. So we've been putting diaper rash cream on her now and maybe it's helping her feel a little better.
And we also talked about gas - cause Elsa definitely gets gas. We often wake in the morning to Elsa pushing and straining and we hear poop but also farts, and sometimes at other times during the day she strains and pushes as well and sometimes we hear little farts. But also sometimes she seems to be straining but nothing comes out, so I attribute at least some of her fussiness to gas discomfort. I try doing baby bicycles with her but I've never gotten a fart out from that. The doctor said it would help the gas move and get out though, so I'll keep doing them regularly and sometimes it seems to soothe or calm her.
I think that's all! Her next appointment is on December 29, the day after we get back from Michigan. She's getting her first shots that day. I'm still not totally sure about my thoughts on vaccinations, but so far I can see the benefit in these early ones. I still may decide to put them off a little though, but right now the plan is for her to have them. I do plan right now though to put off the MMR shot when it's time for her to get it, that one is the one that scares me the most.
On the way home we got her passport photo taken! It took a long time and may tries cause the requirements are so strict and yes, even for a newborn. Her head had to be straight on so both ears could be seen, she had to be looking sort of towards the camera, and her mouth couldn't be wide open. And her head had to be centered and the right size for the image, and you couldn't see any hands holding her head. After lots of tries I think we have a good one, although it's so weird cause it doesn't look like her to me, I mean I could pick it out as her being my baby but she just looks SO different. Also she's wearing the sleeper that I call her prison sleeper in it cause it's just gray and white lines, so it looks like such a little mug shot! So funny! Our little girl is getting her very first passport!! :) Here's a very funny photo Jody took - we first tried putting her in the bumbo seat but she was too little so the top of the seat was way showing which wouldn't be allowed, but we couldn't stop laughing at how funny she looked sitting in it, so tiny and also her expression was hilarious - she wasn't impressed!!! :) So cute and funny!!!
Okay that's the report on her doctor appointment!! And here's one more photo - a silly little Elsa photo that I love, it makes me so happy when I see it!! :)
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