Today we took her to her 2 week check up. She is perfect, according to the pediatrician! She now weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces. However she is only 19.5 inches long, not 20.5 like the hospital originally said. Apparently she had a cone head that added a little extra height.
They had to prick her heals to get blood to do some tests. Sounds simple, right? Well it was TORTURE! They had to prick both heals with the little pin things and then they went and got a bigger pin, which I think was just a regular old push pin, to try and get more blood to come out faster. It didn't work very well, the nurse still had to squeeze her foot to even get a drop out. The nurse said Gwen is not a good bleeder and she hasn't had a baby like that in a long time. She screamed bloody murder the whole time. As soon as it was over and I could just hold her, she calmed down and slept for hours. She was so exhausted she couldn't even wake up to eat. Poor little thing.
Her Aunt Ashleigh asked for some more pictures, so here you go Ash!
And for Lacy and Flavia, I have NOT forgotten about Stelly. She has a new box that holds all of her toys. She has discovered how to pull that box out and search for the toys she wants. She usually takes one toy at a time out and brings it to us, until all of her toys are sprawled all over the floor. It's adorable!
And I still cuddle with her. The other day I had both my girls curled up on my lap. This picture is looking down on us.
5 comments:
I love that picture where Stella is curled up on your lap with the baby. I'm so glad that she has accepted the baby.
TARA! you get so many bonus points for the pic of G and S together. i know when little G grows up, she will be an animal lover just like US! what do the birds think of her?
i'm sorry about her eye! i am sad to have found out about it via blog, usually i know about these things before they are actually blogged about.
miss you lots. tell G her 3rd or 4th word has to be FLAH-VEE-UGH.
xoxo
I'm glad to hear Gwen's eye problem has been resolved. That sounds unpleasant under the best of circumstances, let alone when you're not even a month old!
And thank you for the Stella pics. :) What a cutie! I love that she has a toybox to dig through. So does Piggy.
Tara,
She is beautiful. And I LOVE the picture of you with the two girls. It warms my heart.
You would think that it's a good thing that Gwen is not a good bleeder but apparently not when she's a newborn.
i love her.
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