We met in 2002 while we were both working at BookPeople in Austin, Texas. We got married on June 18, 2005 and now live in a small house in North Austin with our two dogs, Coltrane and Miles, and our three cats - Gnosis, Nona, and Kali. Brian works as an Editorial Assistant at the University of Texas Press and Elizabeth still works at BookPeople as a buyer and the Inventory Operations Manager.

On April 12, 2009 we welcome our first child, Oliver Mott, into our family and on February 12, 2013, his little brother, Henry Charles, joined us three weeks before his expected due date.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Two Week Wellness Visit

Ann and I took Henry in for his two week wellness visit yesterday. This is already his third visit to his pediatrician since he was discharged last Tuesday. He went once for a check up the day after he was discharged and then back for a weight check on Friday of last week to make sure he was putting on weight (and not still losing weight as had been the case).

Here are his two week stats:

Weight: 6 pounds, 4.8 ounces (5th percentile)
Height: 19 1/2 inches (10th percentile)

He's a tiny little peanut (such a change from his brother who always tipped the scales at around the 75th percentile and was over 9 pounds by the time he was two weeks old). Since his first check up with our pediatrician he has averaged a weight gain of one ounce a day. That is a good weight gain but the doctor says they really like to see babies back at their birth weight by the two week mark so his weight is still a concern. He's also still a little yellow from jaundice. So, although his next wellness visit technically shouldn't be until he's two months old (which will be on big brother's four-year birthday), Dr. Sharp would like to see him back in two weeks for another weight check and to make sure he's gotten rid of that yellow tinge to his skin.


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