We took Oliver to the doctor for his two-week check up on Thursday. Not exactly the best week to go to the pediatrician’s office what with all the hype surrounding the swine flu but that’s when our appointment was. Any kids who came in with a cough were immediately given a mask to wear. I couldn’t wait to get out of there. When we brought him out to the scale to get weighed all the nurses commented that he looked more like he was there for his one month visit than his two week. Apparently he’s a big boy! We weighed and measured him and he is up to nine pounds and has grown two inches since birth. The doctor seemed really impressed with his weight gain. Oliver and I are obviously breastfeeding champs. They took some blood for his newborn screen (we’ll have the results in a few weeks) and the doctor checked him out. The jaundice is completely gone and Oliver is looking good. She put a little silver nitrate on his belly button since he still had some cord gunk going on but it’s nothing to worry about. And Brian and I got some shots. We figured it was only fair since he got stuck with a needle. Our doctor recommends that new parents get a whooping cough vaccination since the ones we get as kids wear off. By getting vaccinated ourselves, we can help protect Oliver from whooping cough (which is a good thing, since I read in the paper the other day that there is a whooping cough outbreak in Travis County). The doctor also assured us that all of the common sense things we already do to protect Oliver from getting sick (washing our hands, not taking him out in huge crowds, not letting people touch him without washing their hands) will protect him from the swine flu as well. So, no worries there. We go back in a few weeks for his month check up. Can’t wait to see how big he’s gotten then!
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