Harper had her two week follow up appointment today. Her weight gain is now back to her original birth weight, the jaundice level is on its way down and she's grown 3/4 of an inch!! They also conducted another PKU test involving pricking her heal to obtain blood. I cried as much as she did. I definitely know the difference between her hungry cries and painful ones as I never heard the "I'm in pain" cry before. Our next appointment is in August for her two month follow up - I'm sure there will be more tears as this is the first round of vaccinations.
Additional good news is we can allow her to sleep for longer periods during the night time. We're all still camped in the living room for now. She wants to sleep in her bouncy seat and the doctor thinks for about two months she'll want that feeling of "coziness" - the crib and her playpen are too big for her and make her feel insecure.
Some personality traits are coming out - when she gets mad, she turns bright red and the only time she's mad is when she's hungry and wants us to hurry up and change her diaper. Other than that, she's a very happy and content baby and not fussy at all.
Tomorrow is another big day for Harper - Amy Columbus, a fantastic photographer is coming to our house to take the first of a year long series of pictures: newborn, 3 mos, 6 mos and 1 year. I'll post a link to the pictures as soon as they're available.
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