Two Weeks Old

Lilly is two weeks old today. She now weighs 5 lbs. and 10 oz. and is actually measuring 18 1/2 inches long (no, we don't think she has shrunk, but we do wonder how far they had to stretch her at the hospital to get 19 inches long). That puts her in the 3rd percentile in weight and 3rd percentile in height for her age. She is tiny! But have no fear - she still has the large Cranfill head that measures 33 1/2 cm, or 10th percentile! I give birth to bobble heads apparently.

We still haven't reached our birth weight so we are being diligent in feeding her. She eats every 3 hours and is a little piggy. Most often she takes 3 1/2 oz. which is a lot for her age, so I expect her to start packing on the pounds very soon. I hope it happens sooner rather than later because she is a little too long for the preemie outfits, but much too small for newborn outfits, which means nothing fits her. It is a pain to keep her in clothing and swaddled.

Overall, Lilly is an incredibly good baby. In addition to eating and pottying well, she is not very gassy (yet) and is not much of a spitter (that was NOT our experience with Olivia). We have one fussy period a day and usually Daddy gets it (hooray for me!), since he takes the feedings until midnight and I take the rest of the night. My pediatrician has warned me though that newborns typically become higher maintenance at about a month old, which also happens to be the time when the newness of having a new baby at home wears off and the siblings can become more trying (more trying? It is possible for Olivia to be more trying than she is right now?) Considering that the holidays will be over when Lilly turns 1 month old and Daddy will start traveling again, I think we can safely say that the doctor was warning me that the "poop" will really hit the fan come January. Fabulous. I think I need to go ahead and fill my prescription for anxiety medicine now...