So flash back to your first week of life. Do you remember much? You came home to our modest town house and we lived in the family room for the first week since mommy was too sore to go up and down stairs. You nursed like a champ. You slept like a champ on my chest mostly. You were basically an all around champ.
And I am not the only who thought so.
Our pediatrician met you in the hospital and did his first check up. You were just perfect :) But newborns need to go to the doctor during the first and second weeks after birth for a weight check. They like babies to regain birth weight by the second week.
Well Nora, exactly one week after your birthday we went for our first weight check. I forget exactly how much you weighed but it was over 9lbs. And as you recall, your birth weight was 8lb 15 oz. The doctor was so impressed with your progress he said we did not need to come back until the one month check up! You actually got to skip your second week doctor's appointment because you were such a champ.
Our pediatrician actually exclaimed, "Wow! She's a healthy one!"
Many people liked to comment on your weight and how big you were. Some were family, some were strangers. Lots of people like "dainty babies" or itty bitties, as I call them. No one ever described you as dainty or itty bitty.
But Nora you were so healthy that it laid a foundation for an incredibly rapid development that is still boggling my mind.
You are so beautiful and healthy it simply amazes me.
This is a picture of you one week old right after your doctor's appointment. It was April 1, 2009. Nonni's 66th birthday.
LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY NVJ!!!!
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