Ruby's 2 week checkup...at 3 weeks old...

Lucy and I took Ruby for her "2 week well visit". Yes, technically she is 3 weeks old but I guess that's just semantics. Anyway, here are Miss Ruby's 3 week stats...

Weight... 8 pounds 9 ounces. That is up 1 pound 5 ounces from where she was when we left the hospital and 11 ounces higher than her birthweight. WOOHOO!!! Her dr. says she is growing beautifully :)

Height...she was 20 3/4 inches today which is up 3/4 of an inch from birth. Just call her "Stretch" :)

She is nursing great and I told the dr. that she will sometimes sleep for a 5 hour stretch at night and he said that I can let her sleep as long as she wants at night now since she's gaining weight...now if Lucy, Max, and Abby would stop waking up during the night that might actually mean more sleep for Mommy and Daddy!

She's not really on any kind of schedule yet except that during the day she normally eats about every 3 hours (give or take 30 minutes). She pretty much sleeps when she wants to during the day (mostly while being held) and will usually wake up shortly after I lay her down so I can get some housework done (or just try to do something crazy like use the restroom or eat)! That's okay though...I have gotten used to working with one hand and even changed the sheets on my bed with one hand...I know...I'm talented like that :)

When she is awake she is the most alert little thing. She was like that right after she was born too (well, after she finished screaming anyway). She had her eyes wide open and was looking around and taking it all in...so much for the epidural making her drowsy...then again it had only just taken effect 13 minutes before she was born so she probably didn't get much of it anyway! She has started watching people around her and is slowly starting to respond to our voices by turning her head in our direction. She is also making little noises (mostly squeaks and grunts). My mom and sisters claim she is a genius though and will be finishing her thesis soon :) My mom swears she heard her say "Nana"...maybe that was "Mama" :)

Oh yeah, Ruby's umbilical cord stump FINALLY fell off today! Now I don't have to worry about Lucy trying to pull it off anymore when she watches me change Ruby's diaper.

Mommy Note...
I will be heading back to Weight Watchers tomorrow night. I am so excited and extremely motivated to lose this baby weight...my 20 year high school reunion is in November! John's is in July so I'll hopefully be most of the way there by then but November is my ultimate goal :)

Holy Cow! Have I really been out of high school for 20 years????? I better not think about that...it makes me think of that woman in Wal-Mart who thought I was Ruby's grandma...grrrrrr....