December 19, 2008
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ESL ESL ESL ESL THE GRANDSON: ESL ESL THE UPDATE ESL ESL ESL ESL NDM is gaining weight! His pediatrician and the hospital nurses were concerned last week because his birth weight of six pounds, one ounce didn’t give him much wiggle room. NDM’s weight was five pounds, eleven ounces when he left the hospital last Saturday, so we were all worried about our tiny little boy.
But, good news! When Iltflinthills and IMO took NDM to the pediatrician for his weigh-in on Tuesday, NDM weighed five pounds, thirteen ounces. And, Iltflinthills just telephoned us to let us know that this morning NDM weighed six pounds, four ounces. So, apparently he is on the right track. Now NDM just has to avoid overdoing it like his maternal grandparents.
(Note: apparently pediatricians now have the babies come in to be weighed during the first week to make sure the babies are getting enough to eat. Back in the Dark Ages when I was having children, it would have been a big help with fussy eater Marisol to have done that. She was still losing weight at her first checkup at four weeks!)
Iltflinthills was going to wait the four weeks to give NDM a pacifier as per the lactation expert’s advice. However, NDM seems to have a strong need to suck. So, he has a pacifier already and holds onto it strongly. Hopefully this will give Iltflinthills a chance to catch up on some of her sleep.
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