Babies' First Doctor Appointment

After talking with many others, we have decided to take the babies to Perrysburg Pediatrics. Everyone had such great things to say about them. We were originally going to take them to Dr. Carmen, but after having Dr. Kennedy see them every day while in the hospital, we have decided to continue seeing her, and we just leave her. Their first appointment was on Friday, which was also the first time leaving the house. I had packed the diaper bag prior to the excursion and we planned our feeding times around the visit. It actually went much better than anticipated and we were at the doctor's ON TIME!!! (insert cheering here!)

The babies had all of their measurements taken and Dr Kennedy checked them over. All of the babies are doing very well, and their PKU's all came back normal. The only concern there was was that the babies were not quite up to birth weight yet. While this is something we need to watch, I do not think it is unusual since they were only 9 days old, and are eating only breast milk. We do have an appointment scheduled for July 13th, which is just a weight check to make sure they are gaining weight. The following are the babies' measurements:

Lilly:
Birth Weight - 5 lbs. 12 oz.
9 days old - 5 lbs. 3 oz.
Length - 19 1/4 "
Head Circumference - 12 1/2"

Addy:
Birth Weight - 4 lbs. 13 oz.
9 days old - 4 lbs. 9 oz.
Length - 17 1/2 "
Head Circumference - 12 1/8"

Griffin:
Birth Weight - 4 lbs. 14 oz.
9 days old - 4 lbs. 13 oz.
Length - 18 1/2 "
Head Circumference - 12 1/4"

Overall, the babies' were not even on the charts for the percentile in which they fall, since they are so young. This is not a problem, we just need to watch how they grow.