Check up

Evelyn went to the doctor's again for what was technically a two-week follow-up visit after her release from the hospital. I was delighted to have the doctor (well, technically the doctor's scale) confirm what we've already been suspecting: Evelyn is indeed growing. In fact, at her last check-up two weeks ago, she weighed 5 lbs 9 oz, not much more than she had at birth. This time around, she was 7 lbs 9 oz, which means she's put on two pounds in two weeks. She's also nearly two inches longer than she was at birth, at 19 3/4 inches. All of this puts her in the 6th percentile (height) and 8th percentile (weight)--although, this is compared to term babies at one month of age. For a newborn (which is technically what she should be), these stats are pretty respectable. However, after Andrew, who was 50th percentile at birth and in the 90th percentile for every check-up thereafter, this is a bit of a change. Anyway, it's nice to see that she's finally growing out of the preemie clothes she's been wearing.