Thursday, June 19, 2008

The First Doctors' Appointments

Tuesday was a big day for Brady man, it was his first doctor's appointment. Brady was handled it pretty well. I can say he hates being naked in a cold doc's office. The poor little guy was shivering. He weighed in at 5lbs 15 1/2oz and measured at 19.5 inches. He lost a little weight from leaving the hospital, but the doctors say that is normal for breastfed babies and on average they lose 10% of their birthweight in the first week. The doctor wants to see him weekly for a while to make sure his weight gets up there, but he doesn't see any other reasons for concern and was pleased with his sucking progress. At birth he was not responsive at all to sucking and now he's doing great. The feeding have been going a lot better so I think we're in the clear.

The second appointment Brady had which was today did not go as smooth as the first...it was his circumcision. The hospitals and doctors out here will not circumsize babies in the hospital and you have to bring the babies either to their pediatrician or gyno if they perform the procedure. It was an interesting appointment to say the least. To start it off the appointment the doc went over all the cleaning and maintenance of his privates, then we had to undress the little guy and he had a stinky poopy diaper waiting or the doc, and he actually changed it for us. I have to say neither Nick or I have been peed on yet and the doc got peed on today. Brady let him have it. It was pretty funny. What was not funny was having to watch Nick hold brady's legs down and the doc snip the poor little guy. One of the hardest things I've had to do and watch. Nick was not too fond of having to hold his legs either. Nick asked the doc what about his arms and he said don't worry I've never had a baby reach down toward his privates with his hands...sure enough guess what Brady did...instantly he threw his left hand toward his crotch. So hard to watch. He seems to be doing okay now, but he's really not happy when you have to change him it drives him mad...needless to say we're taking it easy tonight.

His next appointmen is on Tuesday, June 24th, I'm hoping it goes better than todays!

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