First Doctor Appointment

Dr. Jackson recommended Dr. Pamela McGraw at Texas Childrens Pediatrics to be Garrett's pediatrician so we loaded him up...

... and took him to see her this morning. The doctor and all the nurses were very good. She examined him and told us:

• He's sleep and eating schedules are good. When he was born he weighed 7 lbs 11.5 ozs. Before we left the hospital he weighed 7 lbs 3 ozs. Now he weighs 7lbs and 9 ozs. This is normal because babies loose a little weight after they are born then start gaining again. She said that by next week when we bring him back he should be over his birth weight.
  
• His umbilicus looks fine and will probably fall off in the next week.
• His circumcision looks fine and is healing nicely. We don't have to keep gauze on it anymore, but we should still keep petroleum jelly on it for a while. This is good because it will decrease our pit time.
  
• He has a couple of places on him that look like dry skin. This is normal too and isn't really dry skin but the layer of skin that babies shed after they are born.
• He shouldn't go to any public places for 4 to 6 weeks.
  

We go back to see her again next week and they will have to prick his heel and draw some blood for blood tests. Then we go again two weeks after that to get some vaccinations.