Pediatrician Appointments

Abby's pediatrician is named Jennifer Gilsoul. She was recommended by one of the neonatologists down at the U. The office is only about 5-10 minutes away from home. She's been great so far. Abby weighed in at 12 lbs 3 oz a week ago Tuesday when we took her in. This wasn't a regularly scheduled appt. She hadn't been eating well for the past week. Thankfully she was still gaining more than an ounce a day, but something is going on. She's been gradually eating better, but today she's off again. We'll see what kind of weight gain she's been having at her next appt.

Even though she was born at 1 lb 6 oz they still want her to get onto the chart that other 7 month babies are on. She only needs to get in the 5th percentile, but still, this seems like a crazy goal. Joshua, who was full term and born at 6 lbs 4 oz was in the 5th percentile or not even on the chart at times his entire first year. She's actually only 1 1/2 lbs behind at this point, but we'll see how long it takes to get her there.


A couple of days have passed since I started this post, and we had our appt. this morning. Abby only put on a few ounces, but otherwise seems fine. She's still not eating great. I only have 3 more bags of breastmilk out in the freezer. Boohoo! Then it's fulltime formula for the little girl. We'll see how she does with that. She's now 23 inches long and 12 lbs 6 ounces. Her diaper was actually dry this time so it's probably a more accurate weight than the last few. She'll go back again in another 3-4 weeks for a weight check.