Gemma was 6lbs. 15oz. at birth, 6lbs. 9oz. when we left the hospital two days later, and 6lbs. 8oz. at her first pediatrician appointment at five days old. Well, slightly under two weeks later, she had her first real ped. appointment (the other one was just a quick jaundice check) and was already up to 7lbs. 10.5oz. Then two weeks later at her one month appointment, she was all the way up to an even 9lbs.! She also went from 20.5" to 22" in that first month. I can't believe how quickly she's growing. She's out of her newborn diapers and into 1s and is working her way out of all her newborn clothes and into the 0-3s.
She has great head control already. She is so alert and loves to look around with her enormous, gorgeous eyes. She's starting to gurgle and we swear we've caught a real smile or two. She nurses like crazy, but very well. No problems to speak of there. She's a great napper and actually sleeps rather well at night... On an average night, she wakes up fully once between 1 and 3am and then has a little fussy time (just needs a quick snack before drifting back off) around 5 or 6. Other than that, she sleeps like a rock.
We've settled into a nice little routine for the most part. Gemma is pretty easy to take out, which we do quite often. It's been a fun summer so far.
John and I are doing well. I'm still enjoying being home for now. He's doing great at his job with Sublett Floors. He loves it. Now that everything has settled down, we want to start working and saving towards our goals... getting out of here, getting our own place, planning the next little baby!
Oops, she's up and hungry. More later!
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