Monday, August 11, 2008

2 week checkup

we took elias to his pediatrician this afternoon for his two week old checkup. the doctor did a very thorough checkup - especially following up elias' recent trip to the intensive care unit. everything was great. he looked good and sounded good. she said he had great color - no sign of jaundice. his weight was 7 pounds 1 ounce - so he has almost regained his birth weight, despite losing so much last week. he was 19 1/2 inches long (same as at birth). all of his reflexes were great. overall she deemed him to be a very healthy baby. we asked a lot of questions and felt like the doctor was very helpful in answering them. 

we are supposed to go back on friday for another weight check, just to make sure he is continuing to gain weight. other than that, we don't go back again until his two month checkup.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm so happy for you all. Looking forward to visiting soon! =]
jeff & terry