There's Gold in These Here Hills

We had Joey's two-week appointment yesterday! He is a doing great and is a growing boy! He weighed 8 lbs, 4 oz at birth and then lost about 8-9% of his weight while we were in the hospital. We went back two days after we left the hospital and he had was up to 7lbs, 9 oz. This was pretty good progress.

Well, obviously, I have liquid gold in my boobs and my milk is plentiful because Joey weighed a whopping 8 lbs, 9 oz yesterday!! That means he gained 1 lb, 5 oz in just over a week!! Thank God he gained some weight! I may have freaked out if he hadn't gained so much weight just because he has been eating so much! Good to know that I am providing him plenty of milk.


We're not sure how long he has gotten because we were both so concerned about his weight gain that we totally didn't pay attention to his length. We know he has gotten longer though, because we now have to put him length-wise on the changing table versus the width-wise way we were always laying him. We also have had to start getting rid of some of his newborn clothes already because they are too short! We're so proud of our little weed!

The rest of his appointment went well. His umbilical cord has not fallen off yet, but soon! His circumcision has healed, so no more penis ointment! Woo-hooo! Joey sounds a little congested when he breathes, but since he was a c-section baby and did not get to pass through the vaginal canal that helps push all of the fluids out of his lungs, this congestion is to be expected for awhile.

So, until our next appointment, grow, Joey, grow!