Baby's First Pedi Visit

Dominic will have his first Doc visit tomorrow. Just thought I'd start a thread about the Pedi visits.. since we won't be having as many now.

Jeremiah had his first appt on Oct 10th. He weighed in at 8lb 5 oz same as discharge from hospital. Was the same length and his head circ measured 14.5 which is a half inch bigger than when born but the lady said its probably because he moved while they were doing it at hospital. Everything looked good though so Jeremiah doesnt have to go back until Nov 10th.

Landree had her first one on the 9th...she still wasn't up to birth weight, she was 7lbs 6oz but the head and length were still the same. So she goes again tomorrow on the 16th to have a weight check...she also has to have her hearing screening redone as her right ear results came back invalid, it could be just a tech. difficulty but it still makes me nervous. So we are doing that at the hospital before her apt. Then she doesn't go back until the begining of November.

Logan had his first dr appt on 9/30, his second on 10/3 and his third on 10/10...at the last one, he was up to 8lbs -- he goes back on 10/24 for a weight check...with the way he's been eating he should be over his birth weight by then (8lbs 2.4oz)...speaking of...guess who's up to eat!

D had his first visit today. He's looking good. I'm not sure if the measurements at one place or another are off, but he seemed to have grown 1/2 and inch and has gained back 2oz since leaving the hospital.

The hard part is that I will have to keep pulling back his circumsision because it is reattaching poor little guy. Doc said it's because he is kind of chubby. hehe..

Other than that looking good. Glad he was gaining weight already.

I've never heard of that, Michelle. Did they use the ring for the circ, or not? Joey's came off and hasn't tried to grow back or anything. I'm not trying to alarm you, i'm a FTM so I wouldn't know if that happens often, I'm just curious as to why that would happen?

Unfortunately because I didn't apply for medicaid til the day before I was induced(I didnt know til the day before that I was going to be either), it's taking a while for us to get the actual card for joseph. But I talked to our case adviser and she said to just find a ped. who takes medicaid and explain the we are applying but haven't gotten the card yet. He HAS to get it because he's under 1 year of age and has no medical benefits, so... I am going to call someone tomorrow. Although, we haven't even gotten the packet of info from Medicaid with the list of doctors in our area, but I think I found one. Wish us luck. He really needs to be seen about his diaper rash, his stools, and he needs to get that second newborn screening test done. Wish us luck!

Bekah

Michelle- just so you know...that happens all the time. Honestly it is better to be working on it now than a few months from now, that would hurt him way more.

So Landree had her second apt. today. She passed her hearing test, so I think it was just a glitch the first time. And she had to go for the weight check because she wasn't at birth weight yet last week...so in this past week she gained 12 1/2 oz!!!! Ummmmm, she has now surpased her birth weight and weighs 8lbs 3oz at two weeks. All things look fantastic and we go back at one month.

Well Kim I am so glad Landree's hearing test came back with great results. That is wonderful news.

Nate had his first DA on Tuesday. He had to go in early because of his jaundice. They did another billie test on him and his levels havent gone up. We just have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesnt get anymore yellow. He hasnt made it back to his birth weight yet but he has a little while to get there. He is at 7 lbs 6 oz and he needs 2 more oz to be at birth weight. So we are to put him in the sunshine in open windows so that he can have some sun therapy. Yeah since the diagnosis it as gotten a bit cool and has remained overcast so we havent had any sun. That makes it a bit more difficult. Other than that we are good.

Lucas was born weighing 8lbs20z on a friday.we went home that sunday with him weighing 7lbs13oz.he had his first check-up on October 1st and he weighed in at 7lbs6oz(my milk had just started to come in).At his second checkup on 10/8 they said they were looking for him to have gained an oz a day and he did that literally.He was up to 7lbs14oz.Doc said he was looking good and would see him back on 11/24 for his first of shots and another check-up.So we're off to a good start...His jaundice is now completely gone, but it did take almost 2 weeks...

We had our first visit to the doctor today (due to insurance problems). Joseph was 8lbs 12oz when he was born and now he is 10lbs 10oz! He's sooo big! But the doc said he was in the 90th percentile. So I think that means 90% of babies his age are that weight. So, I guess he's not stupidly big. We found out about the diaper rash! He apparently has some Thrush, which is passed to him through the birth canal(go figure). So he has the yeast infection in his diaper and we have to put towels all over the floor and let him lay naked for a while during the day to let it air out! I will also start putting corn starch in his diaper since that apparently seems to work very well. Doc prescribed us an ointment for his bottom and drops for his mouth. He said other than the thrush/yeast infection that he was a perfectly healthy baby boy! They didn't have a length measurement for him(for some ungodly reason) so I didn't find that out. But I have measuring tape here, so I might just measure him on my own. ^_~ But yeah, we're all good cept for thrush/yeast infection! YAY! ^_^

Bekah-Glad you found out about his butt..Glad to hear that Joey's doing really well!

Shannon

well the twins have had several appts due to being premature but they go this friday for their 2 month check up and first set of shots. im also very curious to find out how much they weigh. at one month they both had doubled their weight.

Jessi-Isnt that fun the first few times?I now have no shame now about where to whip out a boob now...LOL

Logan had his DA today -- just for a weight check..he's now up to 10lbs!! so we can cut back on the supplementing and he doesn't have to go until he's 2 months .. YEAH!!!