Little peanut

Yesterday, Austin came over so he could play with Sasha...and Finn, too! I think he had fun; I know Finn did. All three of them ended up in the hot tub (cooled down, of course) and drinking fruit smoothies. Sounds like the perfect summer day to me!

Well, today we had Korri's 4 month well child appointment. It didn't go how I thought it would. First off, if she were gaining an ounce a day, she would be over 14 pounds. She weighs ELEVEN POUNDS TWELVE OUNCES (7th percentile)! I was surprised because I've been weighing her at home and knew she wasn't gaining as fast as she should be, but was hoping for at least 13 lbs today. We discussed it at length with her doctor and she is not overly concerned. If you look at Korri's height to weight ratio, she actually is a little over weight! Yikes. Which means, yes, Jim and I must produce short, chubby children! Korri was 22 1/3" long, which is the 1 percentile! The doctor really believes Korri is taking in enough calories/nutrients, but is just burning them all off with her incessant crying. So, we are going to keep doing what we've been doing with the exception of starting to give her a bottle as needed. This is for two reason; a. so she can get a few more calories every day and b. so I can get a break and be away from her for more than 2 hours at a time. The doctor suggested starting cereal to add some extra calories as well, but Korri shows NO interest in it yet, so she said to wait until she does.

Which brings me to our next point, her "crabbiness." The doctor really doesn't think there is an overlying problem that is causing Korri to be so fussy all the time. She just thinks she is a crabby baby with colic and unfortunately for us, it hasn't gone away yet even though Korri is older than 4 months. We are going to make a couple changes here, too, to hopefully improve all of our quality of lives! 1. I'm not to wake her up to eat when I go to bed.The thought behind the action is that if she gets longer bouts of sleep, maybe she'll feel better during the day. 2. start giving her prevacid. Now, we all know from her last appointment that our insurance doesn't cover it, so we are going to make our own medicine...she needs half a dose of regular OTC prevacid. Hey, I'll try it if it might work!

We also discussed Korri's dry, rashy skin and she said to do more of what we've already been doing. I just need to be better about putting it on her every day. So, overall not a terrible appointment. The doctor kept telling me that she does NOT have concerns about my supply, even though I mentioned it several times. She also said that because Korri is gaining and not losing weight, she isn't concerned right now, but does want to see her in a month for a weight check. Oh, and she also told me to stop weighing her at home! Ha. Oops...she said it just causes me more stress and doesn't really help anything.

I thought her little summer outfit today was cute:

When the a/c is actually off, I don't mind dressing her in summer outfits. Otherwise, she is in sleepers because they cover her whole body. It gets cold in our house (not according to Jim, though!).