Discharged

Annabelle's last midwife appointment was yesterday as midwives discharge the babies born through their practice at around 6 weeks (she will be 7 weeks tomorrow). She was 10 lbs 13 oz and 21.7 inches long (55 cm). This means she is up 2 3/4 lbs and 2 inches since she was born. She has been gaining 1 ounce/day, which is pretty standard for healthy babies. (Keagan was 12 lbs and 22.5 inches at 6 weeks.)

She is a very sweet and content little girl, but she is higher maintenance than Keagan was as a baby. She eats every 1 1/2 - 3 hours during the day (3-5 hours at night). Keagan ate every 3 hours on the dot, and was sleeping 6 hour stretches at night by 2 months (although this didn't last forever). Annabelle likes to be cuddled a lot, and will cry and pout if there is no one in her sight.

The handy thing about having a two-year-old around is that he can replace the soother ("soover"), and even his face will brighten up her previous misery of having nobody around to entertain her. The only problem is that those two-year-old fingers often end up in her eyes.