Dad and the boys

2-week doctor's appointment

Matthew had his two-week doctor's appointment this afternoon, and all went well. He has grown an inch - now 21 1/2 inches long - and is now 9 pounds 2 ounces. That's up a pound from his first doctor's appointment at 4 days old, and is up a bit from his birth weight of 8 pounds 12 ounces (it's normal for baby's to lose weight right after birth).

Matthew also had his PKU test on Monday at the hospital's lab. The doctor said today the test results have to go to Austin for review, but our doctor explained that if all is normal, we won't hear anything.

Not much else is going on with us: this is my last day off before returning to work on Monday. It's been a fun two weeks off with Matthew, Jordan and Dondi, but it's time to face the e-mails and voice mails bright and early Monday.

Matthew's first doctor's appointment

We took Matthew to the doctor today for his first appointment: They wanted to check him out to see how he was faring at four days old. He was doing pretty well. Still a little jaundiced, but better than in the hospital. Overall, a clean bill of health.

We will take him this Friday or Monday back to the hospital for the second part of his PKU test, and then he has a two-week doctor's appointment a week from this Friday.