11lbs 13 oz
23.5 inches long
Both of those meaurements are in the 75 - 90 percentile. She is gaininng nicely. She currently eats 4.25 to 4.5 oz per feeding and just this morning I gave her a 5oz bottle because she has been SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! She will go down around 11:00 and wake up around 6:00. Then she will sleep with me for the remaining time. Don't worry, we have a king sized bed. I can't keep her with me for much longer, I feel like she is going to start to move soon though. The doctor recommended that I put Aquaphor on her face for the remaining dry skin from her pimples. She also told me that I do not have to worry about Jessica's birthmarks (on her cheek and on her back). They should go away by 4 or 5 years old. It is more of an annoyance on her beautiful face. She said that she would not recommend removal of the face one as it is not in a place that would interfere with growth.
We've had to retire her few Newborn size sleepers. Some of her footie sleepers in 0 to 3 month are looking a little tight in the length department....and there are a few that do not have feet that look like she is expecting a flood. She is starting to have some diaper blowouts too...so I am thinking it will be time to move up to the Swaddlers in size 2...cousin Lumpy (Jim and Jen's baby) will be inheriting some size 1s I think...he got the newborn ones too. We have Jen's shower on Saturday.
She also had tons of shots on Wednesday. I felt so bad when she was getting them. I never saw her surn so red or scream without taking a breath. Oh well, she is immunized against a bunch of things now. Yes, I know that there is controversy over child immunizations - my doctor and I seem to be on the same page as far as they go though...she gave them all to her 10 month old as recommended. Without opening a big philosophical debate over immunizations, I feel that there is a gross over-diagnosis of childhood problems such as Autism. She also reassured me that there are a ton of independent studies that do not link Autism with immunizations...that is that they are not done by the vaccine makers. The one that I did push off was the Hepatitis B vaccine. They wanted to start her on that when we went to the doctor at one week. I will start that series on her later. So, she had a fever for the first night after the shots and slept all the next day. By Friday, she was grumpy but awake for almost ALL of the day. I am not sure right now as I write this if she has a little cold that I've had since Wednesday. She is still pretty grumpy.
She is now sleeping in her Big Girl Crib in her room!!! I sleep with the monitor in my hand...but I will get over that. I would love to upload some photos but as you probably know, my internet sucks.
She is getting so big. I said to Joe last night that I barely remember the weeks when she was just home.
Lots of love,
Lisa and Jessica (daddy's at work - the girls wrote this).
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