Korbyn had her two week check up today and she weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. or 6 oz., I can't remember and I can't find the sticker that they gave her with it written on it right now. And apparently she shrunk! They first measured her at 19.5" and I said "whoa...what?" so she measured her again and she was 20" I said "that's weird because in the hospital she was 20.5" she said they see babies shrink all the time for their first official appointment! She said the way they measure them in the hospital isn't always accurate because they just make a mark where there head is and then measure the length. In the ped. office I actually had to hold her head straight against a "wall" and then the nurse stretched her out straight and took the measurement, so really I think they're much more accurate. But oh well, she's still 20.5" in my book :)
I LOVE her pediatrician!!! I was really nervous because this is the first time that we saw her. She is really down to earth and talks to you like she has known you forever. Thankfully my mom was able to come with me to help me out :) I asked her dr. of course how long we should wait before really taking her out and about. She answered with the standard 6-8 weeks. She said of course if you have to go to the store for something by all means you can go, just go on a Tuesday at 9 a.m. not on a Saturday afternoon and keep people away from her face, which I kinda figured that already. Then I asked her about her baptism this Sunday. She made a face and was kind of hesitant to answer (I knew what she wanted to tell us). So I said, "do we need to tell people not to hold her?" and she said "I really would." AGHHHH! How are we supposed to tell people not to get close to her and they can't hold her at her baptism?! She said there's just so much that she can catch right now and that if she does happen to catch even the tiniest fever there's NOTHING they can do about it. Yes, they can take really extreme measures if it comes down to it, but why on earth would I want to risk it? Then she made a really good point. Sometimes people are carrying a sickness and they don't even know it yet because they have no symptoms but it can still be passed to another person. Trust me, I am not the paranoid, germaphobe type...but the thought of something happening to my baby just because we careless would absolutely kill me. Do we risk hurting everybody's feelings by not letting them hold her or do we risk Korbyn catching something that she may not be able to get over...well of course I'm willing to hurt someone's feelings over the health of my baby. It's not like someone coming over for a visit where I know only one person will hold her and I can make sure they wash their hands and stay out of her face. But at something like a baptism if I let one person hold her, then before we know it she'll be handled by 50 different people and exposed to who knows what! So I don't know what we're going to do yet, I wish she could wear a t-shirt that said "If you love me you won't touch me" :) The next baby will definitely NOT be a winter baby...it's too stressful!!!!
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