One month old this week and we're celebrating with doctors' appointments every day! Hooray!
Monday mom went in to get her incision checked and got a clean bill of health. Also was advised not to start running again until 8 weeks... after Dr. Andrew convinced her to go on a short jog the day before. Think we'll be choosing to follow the former advice:-).
Tuesday was circumcision day for Phineas! I don't remember if I explained this before, but they were both to get the procedure done in the hospital. Micah got trimmed but had some issues that they were afraid Phin might have as well so they wanted a pediatric urologist to do his. Took all afternoon and seemed to go well but there was a LOT of blood. Thanks to Andrew's mom being in town, I was able to leave Micah at home.
Wednesday the boys had their one month checkup and:
- Micah is 8 lbs 15 oz, slightly shorter than Phineas and big headed-er.
- Phineas is 8 lbs 5 oz, and the opposite of what I said above.
The pediatrician was concerned about Phin's bleeding and so put off some other pointy object activities (PKU, Hep B #2) in favor of going to ANOTHER hospital to get some lab work done to see if he had clotting issues. Micah got another date with grammy and Phin and I went back to the hospital. He was a champ and I was somehow okay despite the obvious guesswork going on by the resident doing the draw. They apparently don't do these particular tests on newborns much so they had to run around the hospital to improvise parts and calculate the amount of blood needed... the giant bow tie and social awkwardness of the resident did not inspire further confidence either. He avoided direct eye contact and had no ability to make casual conversation [insert more humorous description post sleep deprivation].
In any case, the pediatrician called with results later that night and everything checked out. Also the bleeding stopped by the next morning.
There is a child screaming in my ear so to be continued...
