6 weeks

finley is 6 weeks today!

he had his "one month" checkup on wednesday and his stats shocked his pediatrician. my tiny peanut now weights 9 lb 11 oz and is 22 inches. that puts him between the 50th and 75th percentile of baby boys his age. he has most certainly caught up and i am so proud that he is an exclusively breastfed baby. when she weighed him, the dr. said "i almost don't believe it!", since he was 5 lb 14 oz at birth.

she started him on tri-vi-sol with iron vitamin supplements and also prescribed an ointment for his blocked tear duct. of course, the duct has been blocked for weeks and has magically cleared up without using the ointment even one time. he screamed the entire appointment and things went from bad to worse when he got his hep b shot - the kind of scream that starts with just an open mouth and sad eyes but no noise and ends in frantic newborn wails.

i'm not sure if the was the shot or the vitamins or his 6 week growth spurt, but the next day he was the fussiest baby ever. today, though, he was happy and alert and back to his adorable self. i caught him playing with toys in his crib and was so excited to see him start to recognize objects and reach out for them. the arm movements are still jerky and he rarely makes contact, but i can see the wheels turning. it's so amazing to see the changes - he grows and learns every single day.

as promised, updates from my 6 week postpartum checkup. i am healthy, stitches are gone, and my dr. told me i could resume all normal activity. workouts, here i come! i've lost 30 lbs (of the 50 i gained) without more than a handful of walks, so we'll see where working out gets me.