We had an appointment with Ella's pedi, Dr. Sweet, this morning. Everything went well. Her weight was 8lbs 3/4oz! I can't believe she's so big. I guess despite the difficulties, breastfeeding is paying off. It's very encouraging. She was also 22inches long and her head circ. was 14.5 inches. At birth she was in the 16th% for weight, now she's 46th%. She's 76th% for length, and 82nd% for head circ.
Her umbilical cord fell off a bit early about a week and a half ago. It bled pretty good and then scabbed over again. Dr. Sweet removed that today and now she just has a normal little belly button. Very cute.
I thought she had really dry skin, especially her hands and feet, and kept putting lotion on her with no improvement. Dr. Sweet informed me it's not dry skin, she just has to "shed" off the skin she had in utero. So no amount of lotion is going to stop her from "peeling", it just has to run its course.
Dr. Sweet was super happy with her growth, especially for an exclusively breastfed baby. She said Ella gets an A+ for her two week check-up.
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