One month checkup

Alexandra had her one month doctor's appointment today. She weighed in at 10 lbs., 1 oz. and 22 inches long. That puts her in the 75th percentile for both. We had a couple concerns that we talked to the doctor about:
1. Her acne- seriously looks like she is going through puberty and we know that is normal but it seems to be getting worse. The doc confirmed that the acne peaks right around 4 weeks so we should start seeing an improvement.
2. Her fervor for eating- she gulps her bottle like she has never been provided food. The doc said that there was no harm in a healthy appetite and that we should be happy that we have a good eater....I guess having a pickie eater is more troublesome than dealing with a gulper.
3. Immunizations- with my chemo I can't be around live vaccines. The doc mentioned that the only live vaccine coming up was the rotavirus vaccine- rotavirus causes diarrhea. We agreed that Alexandra will forgo that vaccine.

All in all, a really good visit for Alexandra. Her development seems right on track and she is healthy. Tomorrow I go to round 2 of chemo, hopefully I will have as good a visit as my daughter did today.

Bath time revisited...

Thanks to diligent internet research,














we tweaked our bath time plan and had a much happier baby....

Alexandra loves the lazy lion

Alexandra is 4 weeks old. It seems amazing that it has already been 4 weeks since she came into the world. She is doing really well- eating like a champ and starting to sleep for longer stretches of time. This week she has begun to focus on things around her. This is a picture of her staring at the picture frame above her changing table. She is so content looking at her lazy lion frame. Her one month check up is this Thursday.

5 days post first chemo treatment

All in all, the first chemo treatment went well. Well I say it went well but I am only talking in regards to the effects on me. I have had some issues sleeping but no other side effects from the drugs. Not sure if the sleeping issue is due to having a 3 week old baby or the cancer. Maybe a combo of both.
I have an ECHO on my heart this week. One of the side effects of the drugs is to weaken the heart. This test is to get a baseline on my heart function. I am getting experience in regards to all kinds of these tests- PET, Ultrasounds, ECHOs.

Today...

...I am at work for the first time in like four weeks. I am going to post a few pics just so that I can feel like I'm keeping an eye on my girls.

Mock if you must...

More diaper/feeding trends...

Everything seems to be rockin' and rollin' in the eating and voiding departments. We are now officially on 100% bottle feedings with the start of Michele's chemo, so those numbers should start to be more accurate.

Beginning today I am hoping to start tracking Alexandra's sleeping in an effort to begin moving toward a more rigid schedule in the coming weeks. Hang on tight... there may be more graphs to pour over starting next week.

Bust out the rubber ducky...

Alexandra had her first real bath on Friday. She wasn't very happy about the actual bathing process, but she came around and was comfy wrapped up in a hooded towel post-cleansing.







Rock 'n roll.