9 lbs
22 inches long
Girl, you are so growing up big and tall. From the 6lb13oz 20 1/2 inches long, you are growing by leaps and bounds. The doctor said you are right on target and to keep up the 4 oz bottles each feeding.
Constipation is making her wait. Really, she is constipated so I talked to the doc about this. He said he did not want to take her off the enfamil lipil with iron (iron can cause the poor unsuspecting baby to be backed up), but instead to add in 1 teaspoon of kayro (dark over light) in 1 bottle of formula a day to see if that works and if it does not help in 2 days or so to up it to 1 teaspoons each in 2 different bottles a day. If that does not help after a week then we need to call the doc back and mention it is not working. He then said suppositories are next. This all came about after Poor Julia had to have Daddy's help in pulling out a hard as rock poopie coming out of her bottom last week. OUCH.
To end the appointment, the nice nurse (or Julia might disagree that she was not the nice nurse) came in and gave Julia her hepatitis b 2 shot in the upper thigh. At the moment of prep, Julia had no clue she was getting ready to be jabbed with a sharp needle and injected with this vaccination. As the needle went it, I held her binkie in her mouth, but that did not even sooth her one bit. She weeped with a loud screech which lasted about 20 seconds. She then lipped and sucked the binkie in and was quiet. She got a cute little round Bugs bunny bandage and was told she could get dressed and was done with the docs office for that day.
Oh, I did ask the doc if I could give Julia some Tylenol before her next appointment the day after Thanksgiving due to her being scheduled for her next round of shots (2 month shots) and he said that was find. He said I should expect her to be cranky and tired that day so the tylenol will help.
btw, I can't stop kissing these little toes
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Back, way back, before formula mixes, my babies were fed equal amounts of Pet Evaporated milk and water with some karo syrup. If their stool was runny you decreased the syrup and if bound you increased it...somethings don't change. I do wonder what is so great about these formulas as children thrived before them. And it certainly wasn't difficult to make.
Little toes! little toes!
I love this picture. I think I'd make it into a birth announcement or a holiday card. Why be like the rest of the world?
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter! I just found your blog through your comment on Pamplemousse's blog. We have alot in common: Location, daughters named Julia, friends IRL and in town. Drop me a line sometime...
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