Abigail's Two Month Checkup

We went to see the pediatrician today for Abigail's 2 month checkup. I was looking forward to go so we could get her official height and weight. Also, since she'd been going 2-3 days between bowel movements on average, we were interested to hear what he had to say. Now, before anyone gets concerned, we had been asking around and felt that since she was not exhibiting any other odd behavior and that she seemed to be eating and growing fine, we weren't going to concern ourselves too much.

As it turns out, our doctor told us that breast-fed babies can normally have 3 or more BM's each day and that breast-fed babies can normally have one BM every 3 days. It really comes down to how efficiently their bodies process the breastmilk. In Abigail's case, she is probably just processing it all so efficiently that there's not as much waste produced. So he said not to worry.

Abigail weighed in at 11lbs 13oz and measured 23 1/2 inches long. So, she's grown over 2lbs and 2 inches from 4 weeks ago. I was pleasantly surprised. They also told us she's in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. Not that we're to compare with the siblings, it's still an interesting excerise. At 2 months, Joshua weighed in at 16lbs and measured 25 inches long. And yes, he was above the 100th percentile for both height and weight.

Nonetheless, Abigail is doing very well healthwise which is nice to see and hear. Now if we can just get her on our routine :-).