Kaylen and I both went to the Doctor today. I went for my 4 week post-partum checkup, and Dr. Evans gave me a clean bill of health! He said I am completely healed and looked great! Kaylen went to the Pediatrician for her 4 week checkup. She weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz, and was 21 inches long. She has grown a lot in the past two weeks! Two weeks ago she weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz. and was 20 inches long! She is still a little small compared to other babies her age (30th percentile for weight), but the Doctor said not to worry about it. Also, the Doctor said that Kaylen has "baby acne". He thinks that the Johnson and Johnson baby lotion is clogging up her pores, which apparently is common with infants. So, no more lotions. He told us to bathe her with plain ole' Dove bar soap. So much for all the baby products we have!
The past week has been a little rough. She has been increasingly more fussy at night time. Last night, mommy got about an hour of sleep. It seems like the pattern has been one good night, and then two bad nights, then repeat. Hopefully, tonight is a good night. I'm really hoping we get a routine down soon. We figured out that she sleeps a lot better in her crib then in the Pack-n-Play. I don't know what it is about the Pack-n-Play, but we can't get her to sleep in there for very long. Hopefully, we don't have these same problems when we go on a trip. I guess we will find out this weekend. Kaylen still is not a huge fan of the pacifier, and prefers her hands instead. However, I have been successful in getting her to take a pacifier a couple of times (but not at night!).
Kaylen is still doing really well with trying to hold her head up. The Doctor even commented on how strong she is. It must have been all the milk I drank when I was pregnant! :) She is still a little bit of a bobble head, but has gotten so much better the past couple of days. She still hates tummy time, but is trying to lift her head up more, as opposed to just falling asleep. Nothing else too exciting has happened. We are headed to Oklahoma City and then Tulsa for Kaylen's first road trip! She gets to meet her Mee-Maw, and see all our Tulsa friends. We are really looking forward to it!
Happy Girl!
Bath time... she is not a fan!
Kaylen had her first roadtrip this past weekend. We left on Thursday night after Patrick got off work and headed for Oklahoma City. We got to Mee-Maw's house pretty late, but we still had enough time to visit with Mee-Maw and let her love on her new great granddaughter! We were so glad we got to see Mee-Maw, but had to leave Friday morning and head to Tulsa! We spent the rest of the weekend in Tulsa at Grammy's house. On Saturday, Kaylen stayed with Grammy while mommy and daddy went to a wedding reception. Lina sent us text messages while we were away letting us know Kaylen was doing great. That made it a lot easier to enjoy ourselves. We had a really good time at the reception! It was so good to see old friends, and have some "grownup time"! Then on Sunday we headed for home. We made another stop in Oklahoma City to pick up the dog and have lunch with Mee-Maw, and then it was back to Dallas! All and all it was a great trip. Kaylen was pretty good in the car, and mostly slept. We had a lot of fun, but we're glad to be back home.
