Dear Sydney,
You went and saw another doctor today. You must be getting really tired of all this! Today you went to the Pediatrician. Oh how we love our pediatrician! Seriously though...we do. :)
Well we got you on the scale and you weigh a whopping 8 lbs. 9 oz! You are still only in the 5th percentile for weight but you are growing and that is all we care about. Your last weight check was about three weeks ago. So from that time to today you gained a little less than a pound. Your next weight check is next thursday so if we can make the goal that Dr. Judd set for you yesterday (which is to gain 1/2 an ounce everyday) then you should weigh in a little over 8 lbs. 12 oz. As far as height goes, you are in the 47 percentile. And your head is in the 17 percentile. Basically you are just a long, skinny string bean. Dr. Judd says that if you improve over the next month then she will push the surgery back but if you stay the way you are now then surgery will be happening in July/August.
You got your immunizations today. At first I wasn't sure if getting shots was a good idea for you but Dr. Judd said that there is whooping cough in our community so she would rather you get immunized then get the real thing. Fine by me! You've been running a little bit of a fever tonight but baby tylenol has been helping. Well, let me clarify, it's not the real tylenol because that got recalled but the generic brand of tylenol is what we are using.
We are still waiting for the surgeon's office to call and schedule your surgery. They just need to hurry up and call! I hate this waiting game but I think we've gotten pretty good at it.
Tomorrow is Friday. I love the weekends. That means we get to see your Dad more often. We don't have anything fun planned though. We still can't be around a lot of people (Dr. Judd specifally told us that again yesterday) so going to the movies or going to a restuarant is still out of the question. Some day you'll get to experience those things...just not yet. We usually just end up renting a movie and popping popcorn at home. I actually like it better than going to a movie and we save money so it's really not that bad!
You just fell asleep on your Dad's lap. You look so sweet. I love you. I love you so much it hurts.
Love, Mom