Sense to Save: Other Blog

1-month dr. appointment and stuff

Jonathan weighs 7 lbs. 5 oz.! That’s exactly one pound more than he weighed at birth. Of course, he lost weight after birth, and was up to 6 lbs. 2 oz. on his 10th day of life. If I can do math, that means that he has gained 19 oz. in three weeks. That’s only slightly under the one-ounce-per-day growth pattern. ROCK AND ROLL!!!!

I knew that he had gained some weight since he really is starting to look and feel bigger. His newborn-sized clothes are fitting much better, and I dare say that within two weeks, he won’t be in them at all!

His length is 20.5 inches, maybe. He wiggled so much during that measurement that it could definitely be off.

His head is 37cm in circumference. At birth, it was 34.5 cm. Lol.

When the dr. needed to look into his mouth, I said, “Say ‘ahhh!’” and he did. I did that twice, and so did he. Smarty. The dr. noticed and thought it was cute.
He had a hepatitis shot today. As the nurse jabbed the needle into his thigh, he let out a major poop! With such gusto, too. Startled the poop right out of him, she did. He cried for a second after, but he seemed to be ok enough.

After that doctor visit, we headed down the road to Sam’s Club and Target. I had a coupon for a $25 gift certificate when joining Sam’s. I also had a $30 Walmart gift card (you can use them at Sam’s, too), which I put toward the $40 membership. Not a bad deal, ya know? I’m not too familiar with Sam’s, but I do know that there are some deals to be had there. We’ll see how it goes.

I picked up some toilet paper, some bottled water, and a box of pigs in a blanket. I was hoping for a lot of free samples in the store, but today they just had a Dixie cup of water from a Brita pitcher and an eclair. I was thankful for both.

So, apparently if you want random people in Pittsburgh to talk to you, you just have to have a baby! OH. People rarely started conversations or said hi to me pre-Johnny. Today at Sam’s, several people talked to me about my baby, commented on my sling, or told me that the TGIFriday’s green bean fries were pretty good. It was nice to have that interaction with folks.

Next, we went to Target. I bought some nursing tanks, and I really hope they fit ok since I didn’t bother to try them on in the store.

Johnny didn’t seem to mind being out at all. He was hungry at the doctor’s office, so I fed him in the waiting room and in the exam room. No biggie. He fell asleep and stayed that way while we were shopping.

I haven’t had the need to nurse in public yet, but I’m starting to feel more confident about doing that. More on nursing in an upcoming post.