Millie's Milestones

Day 68 - Another health visit

THE health visitor visited Millie for the second time today.

She seemed reasonably pleased with Millie's progress.

In her report, the health visitor wrote: "Looked fair, good cry heard."

Mummy and daddy can attest to this because Millie certainly can make a lot of noise when she wants to.

She is breast-feeding well, and being offered a bottle of breast milk after each feed to make sure she is full.

While she was here, the health visitor put Millie on the scales.

She weighs 2.460kg (5lbs 6 3/4 ounces).

This represents an increase of about 30 grammes (an ounce or so) each day she has been home.

Although not exactly piling on the weight, it is still good progress.

Millie has had one or two restless nights, but nothing out of the ordinary.

She enjoys looking around and is gradually spending more time with her eyes open.

On Friday (28 April) we will all go to the hospital again for Millie's second weekly check-up.

This is largely routine, with an emphasis on checking the iron levels in her blood.

The next update will be after this check-up.

posted by Johann @ 7:27 PM