Lacy Daze is an attempt to keep family and friends up to date on Lacy Day's growth, her milestones, the ups and downs of parenthood and our new life in San Francisco. In no way shape or form do I believe I am an excellent writer or full of profound thoughts, but I hope that this blog is amusing to some and helpful for family to remain close even if we are thousands of miles apart.
On Monday we had our one month check up for Lacy and our little one now weighs 9 lbs 4 ounces and is 19 1/2 inches. Growing like a weed. At birth Lacy weighed 8 lbs even and was 18 1/2 inches. She was down to 7 lbs 1 ounce two days afterward, but that does not seem to have phased her at all. She steadily grew and is now in the 50th percentile of weight (up from the 25th percentile).
In other momentous baby news, we got our first REAL smile out of Lacy that wasn't attributed to gas or some other intestinal issue just 2 days ago. It's the small things. She holds her head up and turns it from side to side for a few minutes during 'tummy time' and she has started to sleep much longer at night. Ryan and I are still holding out hope that by week 7 she will be sleeping through the night, but that might be wishful thinking AND the number of diaper changes has dramatically decreased (thank goodness!).
We had a renal ultrasound for Lacy on Tuesday as requested by my OB and pediatrician due to the results of a pre-natal ultrasound we received at the end of January. The specialist detected a very mild case of hydronephrosis (a partial blockage of the kidney) prior to Lacy's birth, which is not uncommon. They anticipated that this situation would resolve itself by birth or shortly thereafter, however, on the aforementioned ultrasound on Tuesday the results showed that the situation had not yet resolved, but that it had not gotten any worse. It is still a very mild case. The doctor is sending us to a pediatric nephrologist to monitor the situation and advise if this needs further medical attention. Our guess as well as our pediatrician is that eventually this situation will take care of itself, but we will need to monitor on a regular basis. After reading up on the condition online we have found that this is the most commonly detected anomaly found in pre-natal ultrasounds due to the advancement in technology and the intricate detail that doctors can now see. It has not affected Lacy's diaper count as we mentioned above and she does not show any signs of pain so we are not too concerned, but will continue to keep track of the situation.
Yesterday we took Lacy in the Baby Bjorn and walked into the city (from Gravelly Point) to view the peak day of the cherry blossoms. It was a crisp, cool day and rather windy along the Potomac, but we had fun even with the throngs and throngs of tourists. In fact, I started to think that Ryan and I were the only English speakers as we meandered through the crowds. Lacy slept through the entire walk (2 hours!) until the moment we got back to the car where she proceeded to scream uncontrollably when we put her in the carseat. Guess she didn't want to go home! Once the car was on and we started moving she immediately fell asleep. Babies are weird.
We are gearing up for our move to San Francisco. Ryan leaves April 16th to 'house hunt' and find our family a place to live. Talk about stress. We have so many open ended items on our plate that I think we will both be glad to have this trip past us. We hit the road (we haven't quite yet decided who is driving or flying or if we are both driving) May 14th and hope to stop in Denver for a few days to visit family and friends. We have to be out in San Fran by May 22nd.
That concludes the first entry on Lacy Daze and we hope you enjoy!
