2 weeks and a day

Claire is 2 weeks and one day old today, and she got another thumbs up from her doctor. We all went to the pediatrician this morning for the standard 2-week checkup which Claire passed with flying colors.


(I just took this picture 5 minutes ago, so this is about as current as you can get.)

According to the nurse, Claire is already back above her birth weight and is now a whopping 8 pounds and 10 ounces. She has also grown quite a bit in length and is 22 and 1/4 inches long. (Although after watching this get measured, I don't think it is nearly as precise as the weight.) It was great to get official confirmation of her growth, but Leia and I weren't really worried about it because we have been watching her grow right before our eyes. Already she looks very different from the little girl I met 2 weeks ago.

The only thing we did point out to the doctor was that Claire seems to produce a lot of "eye boogers" (for lack of a proper term). We have been constantly cleaning her eyes but there has been a steady supply of yellow stuff for the past few days. The doctor said it was probably just a very minor infection and prescribed some antibiotic ointment. Leia put some of that on Claire right after we got home this morning and already her eyes seem to be producing a lot less "stuff". The doctor said this kind of thing is very common and nothing to worry about. We do not have to go back to the pediatrician until the standard visit on August 13th. (There will be shots at that visit, which I don't think any of us are looking forward to. Claire is blissfully unaware of what lies in store. I wish I could say the same for her mother and I.)

I can't believe that I haven't posted to the blog since we were in the hospital, but everything moves so fast, and every time I think I will have some time to post an update, either I fall asleep, or the baby wakes up, or I need to eat, or the baby needs a diaper change or somebody calls on the phone to see how we are doing because we haven't posted an update to the blog. :) It is all good though and I wouldn't trade a minute of it, not even the tired bits at 3 AM.

Speaking of 3 AM... The baby girl who we brought home from the hospital and was sleeping so well at night was abducted from my house and replaced with a clone that is fully alert and rather fussy from 9 PM until 2 AM. This happened sometime on Saturday. If you see another baby that looks just like the one pictured above, and that sleeps well after dark, please give me a call so we can arrange an exchange.

I'm going to go back in time now and do a series of chronological blog posts detailing the events of Claire's birth. We have a lot of great photos and those first days were packed with visits from lots of family, so stay tuned for the full story.