Check-up

Today was Jillian's two-week check-up appointment with Dr. Zawacki, to see how things were going with her. The appointment started, of course, with a messy diaper that needed to be changed ... but we had left the diaper bag out in the car (typical "first-time parents"). Fortunately, the nurse had a supply of diapers and wipes for us.

The nurse measured Jillian's weight, length and head size. She is continuing to grow, coming in at an even 8 lbs now (!), which is at the 50th percentile. There was a slight increase in length to 21-1/4 inches, though this is in the 75th percentile ... this just confirmed our thinking that she is a long and wirey child. And her head measurement was up there at 15", which is in the 90th percentile! I guess that was to be expected considering who her parents are.

Dr. Zawacki then came in and performed a couple quick assessments, and declared Jillian to be in great health.

The appointment wasn't over, though. We had to take Jillian to the lab, and she had to get her heel pricked for a blood draw once again. She actually took it pretty well, but after too many squeezes of her heel, she got really mad. To top it off, she had another messy diaper, so we finished the afternoon with a diaper change in the back of the car (this time with our own diaper and wipes!)