Seven Pounds

No, not the new Will Smith flick - Peeper!

Actually, she weighed seven pounds, one ounce at her two-month check-up this morning!

That's a gain of 6.5 ounces over the past seven days, and 13.5 ounces over the past thirteen days.

She's been breastfeeding exclusively during that time; she hasn't had a bottle in a bit over two weeks.

We also haven't used the nipple shield since we got back from our medical travels last week - either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning was the last time.

I'm not even writing down when or how long she eats any more, just going with the flow, so to speak.

So, despite everything we've been through, especially over the first six weeks or so, it seems that we have us a little nursing baby on our hands. Finally.

The rest of her appointment went well, too. She's gained two inches of height and 1.75 inches of head circumference since birth, and the doctor said she looks great, all around.

She got three shots and an oral vaccine, so she might feel yucky today, but we've got a dose of Acetaminophen in her already, in hope of heading that off.

The doctor did give her a prescription for Vitamin D, which he said is a standard recommendation for breastfed babies.

Now, it would seem to be that Mother Nature knows what she's doing, and if breastmilk doesn't have much Vitamin D in it, it's probably because babies don't need much Vitamin D, but I figure it's not going to hurt her, so we'll just go with it.

The insurance company's Very Special Pharmacy just called to say that they've approved her for the Synagis (RSV Vaccine), which costs about $1500, so that's a big deal. We'll just have a $30 copay!

They think they can get it to the doctor by tomorrow, so I'm really hoping they can give it to her tomorrow (assuming they'll be closed Wednesday and Thursday) so it's on board before we go to Texas.

It might not help with the germs she meets on the flight down, but maybe she'll have some protection before the shower on January 3 and the flight home on January 5.

We're still waiting to hear back about her blood work (hopefully within the next few hours) and we're hoping the cardiologist will do another echo tomorrow, and we'll get some good news there, too.

Fingers crossed. . . .

Update 1:40 pm: We've got an appointment for Peeper to get the Synagis at 10 am on Wednesday.