Big T and Little K's health updates

When we left the hospital, Kinsey had dropped from 7 lbs 9 oz down to 7 lbs 3 oz. That is typical and nothing to worry about. Even though they brought her to my room every three hours, and she nursed like a champ for 15 minutes on each side, my milk had not come in. Everything else checked out fine with the pediatrician's evaluation. She noted the "stork bites" on her eyelids and the "angry mark" above the bridge of her nose. Big brother had the exact same birth mark between his eyebrows and it went away before he was one. Overall, the doctor said she was long, petite, and very healthy.

Her 1st pediatrician appointment was 48 hours after leaving the hospital. Her weight was down to 6 lbs 15 oz and the doctor wasn't necessarily worried, but hoped that turned around soon.

The scary part of that visit was that she did send us directly to a blood draw due to Kinsey's coloring. I hadn't personally noticed it, but Daddy had. Her doctor suspected jaundice. On a bilirubin scale of ten, Kinsey had 11.2. Therefore, we just needed to put her in the natural sunlight, through a window or door, for ten minutes on each side. We did this for two days.

Her next appointment was at two weeks. Kinsey is in the 75% for length, but only 25th percentile for weight. We discussed a lot of things, but the main concern was the fact that you could visibly see her chest rise and fall when she was lying on her back. With everything that I had seen Tanner go through, this didn't alarm me. The doctor, however, sent her straight over to have a chest x-ray! She didn't voice it at the time, but they were looking for an enlarged heart, which would lead to congestive heart failure, or a heart murmur. Neither were found. So, the doctor said even though it is very uncommon, she might still be experiencing transitional breathing or getting used to oxygenated air. We were told to keep an eye on her and if anything changed, race her to the ER!!! Good grief, that ought to help me sleep at night!!! UGH!

Well, so far, so good, but she still had the rising and falling of her chest area when she breathes. Not all the time, but a lot. She has recently developed some baby acne on her lil' cheeks. The nurse said it was common around 4-5 weeks and was caused by the fluctuation of maternal hormones. She said we could try polysporin and if that didn't work, then mix it with hydrocortizone, but only twice per day or it might clog up the pores. Can you believe she'll be one month old tomorrow????

Tanner is doing just fine and adjusting more and more to "baby." His personality is really getting so cute and funny! He also had an appointment at the same time with the same pediatrician as Kinsey. His height was 32" and weight almost 26 lbs. This was an appointment that I had dreaded for 15 months. He had several immunizations that day, but there was one that I had prayed about. I even prayed when they put the needle in his lil' thigh. He got his MMR shot. I just prayed that God would allow it to only help him and not cause anything negative in his body now or in the future.