One Week Check-up

After having such a good experience with Dr. Gannon as our hospital pediatrician for Macklan, we chose him to care for Hudson too. Hudson saw Dr. Gannon at his one week check-up, but future appointments would be with Dr. Quijano (also Macklan's current pediatrician).

The appointment became a family affair and was our first time leaving the house...all four of us! Oh my! I didn't think I was ever going to get it all together. But we made it! Well, once we found the doctor's office. They had moved locations since we had been there with Macklan, and it didn't cross my mind to check. After arriving about 10 minutes late, I apologized to the receptionist and offered her our excuse. After filling out paperwork, we were taken to the "Cat" examining room. The new office was really neat; each examining room featured a different animal which is a very appealing concept to a child.

First order of business...weight check!

Hudson's discharge weight was 7 lbs. 15 oz. (down from his birth weight of 8 lbs. 6 oz.).

But it was no shocker based on the way that this boy likes to eat...

that he was back up to his birth weight!

One week stats:

Weight: 8 lbs. 6 oz. (75th Percentile)
Height: 20 in. (50th Percentile)

Then Dr. Gannon checked his heart, lungs, ears, joints/movement, cord and circumcision. Everything checked out great!

Of course we had help from Big Brother...

and one really neat feature in the waiting area is this large aquarium which is home to Dory and the other fishy friends. What's cool about the Dory fish? We watched her during Macklan's one week check-up three and a half years ago!

Hudson and Dory
(Macklan was too busy exploring the play area to take a pic)

Briley and Dory (August 2, 2007) at Macklan's one week check-up.

I can't believe this sweet little boy...

has already been with us for one week!

 

I'm pretty sure we'll keep him!