Ciara had her 2 week appointment with Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones was impressed with the weight gain! Woo-hoo! Ciara weighed in at 6 pounds 13 ounces at birth. When she was weighed before leaving the hospital she was at 6 pounds 7 ounces. When she went in for her newborn appointment on December 9 she weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces. At her 2 week appointment she jumped to an even 8 pounds! That meant she had been busy eating - she had been an eating machine. She was gaining almost 1.5 ounces a day rather than the 1/2 to 1 ounce that is typical. That bumped her from the 10%-25% at birth to the 50%-75%! Hooray!
Her belly button stump had fallen off on December 20 at exactly 2 weeks. It had been a bit oozy and yucky so Dr. Jones took one look at it and decided it needed to be cauterized. She took a little bit of silver nitrate and put it in the belly button to seal it up. It was painless and Ciara sat still for it which meant it didn't even make a mess! Once the belly button was sealed up everything looked good and we got the clearance to come back again for her 1 month appointment.
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