My One-Month Exam

After starting out as a little 6-pound 13-ounce baby then dropping to just 6-pounds only 4 days later, I'm now outgrowing clothes at 8-pounds 5-ounces!

For those who didn't hear the story: within an hour of my birth, Mom & Daddy were proud to learn that I was going to be a good eater. Ha! I showed them. After two more strong feeding sessions, I decided to be a sleeper instead. For the rest of the time in the hospital, I barely ate. It continued after we first went home too. Mom stayed up all night the first two nights home, worrying about me. Everyone had told her it was okay; I was new, and needed my sleep. By the time we went to the doctor, Mom & Daddy both were a little scared to see my weight. I had lost 13-ounces, so the doctor told Mom & Daddy some tricks to try to get some food in me so I wouldn't lose any more. The tricks didn't work so well for them, but luckily my personal baby nurse (Auntie Sherry) was close by with some ideas that worked better for me. When I got weighed two days later, I had put on 4 ounces. The following week, it was 5 more. Everyone was very happy, but still thought I would be a slow grower.

Ha! Got them again. Nobody expected me to quite as big as I was at my 1-month visit, but I knew I could do it!