Rowan is a Growin'

Wow!

That's the feeling we left the doctor's office with last Friday for Rowan's 2 week (and 2 days) check-up.

When Rowan was born she weighed 8lbs and 11.6oz (fine, 12 ounces).

When she left the hospital on Day 4 she weighed 8lbs even. Totally normal and within range of what newborns are expected to lose.

We took her for her first check-up when she was 7 days old and she weighed 8lbs 4oz. Our doctor told us he thought she would get back up to her birth weight (8lbs 12 oz) by her 2 week check-up. With us nursing, we were really hoping she would be back to her birth weight as it is a good sign of a successful start. Our fingers were crossed!

We took her in for her 2 week check-up (she was actually 16 days old) and laid our precious, fragile newborn on the scale...

... which tipped to 9lbs 10oz!!! (95th percentile)

That's 68 grams a day that she gained. Apparently, I need to stop eating Easter candy yesterday!

The poor nurse that weighed her asked if we wanted her re-weighed. We said no, we trusted her, we just couldn't believe what the scale said. It was like we were first time parents again, we kept asking our doctor if this was normal - had he seen this before?! I mean, she doesn't look that big but the scale doesn't lie, right? He said it was completely normal and that with her height at 21 3/4 inches being in the 95th percentile as well (up from 21 at birth) she was doing just fine. He said she could start to slow down in her weight gain but he wouldn't be surprised if she was 13lbs at her 2 month check-up!!! Oh my!

This is all new territory for us as the girls weighed 4lbs 9oz and 4lbs 11oz at birth and are only 30lbs now at 3 years old. The girls weights combined is only 8oz more than Rowan weighed AT BIRTH.

My plan for Rowan to be fully clothed in her sister's outfits until she can pay for her own clothes may have already come to an end! We will see!

Here's our "little" girl after her bath last night.