Somehow when I don't blog for awhile its hard to get organized to get going again. Plus the little problem of 3 children 3 & under. Anyway here is a record of Rahel's doctor visits.
This is some of her firsts. Top left is her first car ride home. Under that is her first visit to Uncle Marshall's house of the fourth of July celebration, (her first time out of the house was to the Dr, then Target for pictures) and she is being held by her cousin Megan. In the middle she is getting her first bath on June 25. On the top right was first tummy time where she held her head up really well on July 5. I'm afraid this one is in a hurry to grow up- wanting to sit and stand and be a part of everything. Bottom right she is with her great Grandma and Grandpa Johnson after her first time at church for Eric's cousin Tiffany's farewell on July 24. Grandma was was so tickled to see her because Jewell is her maiden name.
The birthing center was able to do most things to check on her and even keep track of her when I went back for postpartum visits I still wanted to check in with her Dr especially to get the PKU done so we went in on June 24 two days later. At that time we found a discrepancy on height and head circumference. She weighed 8.38 lbs in the 77%, was 21 in long put her at 83%, and 13.5 inch head being in the 35%. Said she looked wonderful and just to watch for jaundice. We also took a bunch of newborn pictures both at home and at Target. This one was from home on June 25 going in on Mon the 27, amazing how much they change in those few days!
Next we visited the Dr for her 2 wk check up on July 7. She weighed in at 8.71 lbs putting her in the 62%, same tall dropping her to the 56% and head measured at 14 in putting her at the 38%. Overall a drop in percentile and the Dr was concerned because she wasn't back up to birth weight yet. I believe it was because she was soo sleepy she had a hard time focusing which also gave me mastitis and that really wasn't fun. Luckily it all cleared up and we went back to check on weight on July 19. She passed being 9.55 lbs (65%). Picture of all kids on July 6 in some of their Independence Day clothes. They love their sister!
Rachel on July 17 wearing one of my dresses. She gets to wear a different dress every week for the first several months of life. Also she is wearing the Grover traditional turquoise bracelet.
By August I was getting concerned about the quantity of her spit up and we were enduring a lot wailing as she has a touch of colic. So we went to the Dr to check out the possibility of GERDS (gastroesophagael reflux disease) and I thought her tongue was white with thrush (thinking that was just what we needed) on August 1. She weighed 10.47 lbs (73%), 22.5 in long (85%) growing apx 2 inches in a month, and head was 14.1 in (10%- luckily not the big head Aaron has). I got a lesson on how to look for thrush which she did not have thank goodness and we got reflux medicine which seems to help quite a bit. Picture taken August 6 chilling out with Daddy on the floor. She quite likes laying on the floor as long as she isn't spitting up. Sometimes when trying to calm her it works to just lay her on the floor.
Back to Dr on August 22 for her 2 month check up. She weighed in at 11 lbs 15.5 oz gaining a pound in 21 days! That puts her in the 80% and boy can I feel the weight in sore arms and shoulders carrying her around all day. She is 23 in tall (growing .5 in in 21 days!) putting her in the 76% so she is definitely proportional. Head is 14.75 in- 19%. Currently she has grown out of newborn clothes and is wearing 0-3 mon, though I haven't figured out her wearing pattern yet (long body vs long legs). Wearing size one shoe and diaper. She likes to smile and "talk" to us making the cutest noises ever. This picture was taken the same day at Costco as we did a bunch of errands after the appointment. Doesn't she look content amidst all the groceries?
This is some of her firsts. Top left is her first car ride home. Under that is her first visit to Uncle Marshall's house of the fourth of July celebration, (her first time out of the house was to the Dr, then Target for pictures) and she is being held by her cousin Megan. In the middle she is getting her first bath on June 25. On the top right was first tummy time where she held her head up really well on July 5. I'm afraid this one is in a hurry to grow up- wanting to sit and stand and be a part of everything. Bottom right she is with her great Grandma and Grandpa Johnson after her first time at church for Eric's cousin Tiffany's farewell on July 24. Grandma was was so tickled to see her because Jewell is her maiden name.The birthing center was able to do most things to check on her and even keep track of her when I went back for postpartum visits I still wanted to check in with her Dr especially to get the PKU done so we went in on June 24 two days later. At that time we found a discrepancy on height and head circumference. She weighed 8.38 lbs in the 77%, was 21 in long put her at 83%, and 13.5 inch head being in the 35%. Said she looked wonderful and just to watch for jaundice. We also took a bunch of newborn pictures both at home and at Target. This one was from home on June 25 going in on Mon the 27, amazing how much they change in those few days!
Next we visited the Dr for her 2 wk check up on July 7. She weighed in at 8.71 lbs putting her in the 62%, same tall dropping her to the 56% and head measured at 14 in putting her at the 38%. Overall a drop in percentile and the Dr was concerned because she wasn't back up to birth weight yet. I believe it was because she was soo sleepy she had a hard time focusing which also gave me mastitis and that really wasn't fun. Luckily it all cleared up and we went back to check on weight on July 19. She passed being 9.55 lbs (65%). Picture of all kids on July 6 in some of their Independence Day clothes. They love their sister!
Rachel on July 17 wearing one of my dresses. She gets to wear a different dress every week for the first several months of life. Also she is wearing the Grover traditional turquoise bracelet.
By August I was getting concerned about the quantity of her spit up and we were enduring a lot wailing as she has a touch of colic. So we went to the Dr to check out the possibility of GERDS (gastroesophagael reflux disease) and I thought her tongue was white with thrush (thinking that was just what we needed) on August 1. She weighed 10.47 lbs (73%), 22.5 in long (85%) growing apx 2 inches in a month, and head was 14.1 in (10%- luckily not the big head Aaron has). I got a lesson on how to look for thrush which she did not have thank goodness and we got reflux medicine which seems to help quite a bit. Picture taken August 6 chilling out with Daddy on the floor. She quite likes laying on the floor as long as she isn't spitting up. Sometimes when trying to calm her it works to just lay her on the floor.
Back to Dr on August 22 for her 2 month check up. She weighed in at 11 lbs 15.5 oz gaining a pound in 21 days! That puts her in the 80% and boy can I feel the weight in sore arms and shoulders carrying her around all day. She is 23 in tall (growing .5 in in 21 days!) putting her in the 76% so she is definitely proportional. Head is 14.75 in- 19%. Currently she has grown out of newborn clothes and is wearing 0-3 mon, though I haven't figured out her wearing pattern yet (long body vs long legs). Wearing size one shoe and diaper. She likes to smile and "talk" to us making the cutest noises ever. This picture was taken the same day at Costco as we did a bunch of errands after the appointment. Doesn't she look content amidst all the groceries?
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Rachel is super cute! And growing so fast! I can't wait to see her in person. Thanks for the update!
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