1 Week Check Up

Today we brought Caroline into the pediatricians office for her one week check up. They wanted us to bring her in to make sure that she was gaining back the weight she lost when she was in the hospital. The appointment went pretty well! She is gaining weight, however, not as much as they would like her to. She is up to 6lbs 10oz, but they would really like to see her get back to her birth weight of 7lbs 4oz. We are going to go back for a repeat appointment next Monday to see if she is gaining. We also had to get her blood drawn again to see how her Bilirubin levels were. This checks to see if she has jaundice. Our doctor said that a newborns levels usually peak at 5-7 days after birth-which we are right at-and Carolines are at a 14. This is good because they want their levels under 20 which we are, so good news!!