Olivia had her first Dr. appointment a few days after she got out of the NICU. Some of the concerns that they had in the NICU were that they thought she wasn't gaining weight fast enough and that her temp was still not quite as warm as they wanted so I was a little concerned going into the appointment. The doctor definitely put my mind as ease while he was talking to us. He said that in the NICU they tend to be a little overly cautious and that we really didn't need to be worried about her progression because everything looked just fine to him. And as for her temperature, he wasn't worried about that either. He said as long as she's acting normal and doesn't seem sick that her temp would level out all by itself, which it has.
At her appointment she weighed 6 lbs 13 oz, which put her back up to her birth weight and in the 16th percentile. A week later the doctor wanted us to come in just to do a weight check and at that time she weighed 7 lbs, 11 oz. She is definitely growing just fine!
Her head circumference was in the 6th percentile, I want to say it was 13.5 in but I can't find the paper so I could be totally wrong about that. The percentile is correct though.
She was still 19 in, which was her birth length, putting her in the 10th percentile for length.
She is just the sweetest little baby girl and we love her to death!
Good job growing Olivia!
ReplyDeleteOlivia is a very sweet baby. I'm glad she's healthy and growing so fast. Well, actually I wish she wouldn't grow too fast. I want to enjoy her "little baby-ness" for a while too.
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