Riley had her first appointment with the pediatrician (Dr. Robin Drucker at PAMF) on Friday. Weighing in at 7lbs 13.5oz, Riley has already officially past her birth weight, a big accomplishment for being only 5 days old! (Most newborns lose on average 10% of their birth weight, and don’t gain it back for a week or two.) Go Riley! (It’s never to early to start bragging about your kid.)
Here are some pictures since we’ve been home. Elise’s parents (David and Brigitte) and brothers Eric and Patrick are in town, and have been great—cooking, cleaning, and otherwise being helpful around the house.
After two nights in the hospital, Riley took her first ride in the new baby-mobile, sporting one of her new outfits: layette (or whatever it’s called) and hand-knit hat from Vida and Dallas, fleece blanket from Becca.
Packard has a guy you can make an appointment and go to to help you put in your car seat. Apparently four out of five are installed incorrectly! Sounded a bit inflated to me, but sure enough, I’d put ours in wrong: apparently the little baby-seat hooks between the cushions only work if you put in the seat on the left or right side. If you install in the center, you need to use the seat belt, because the hooks are welded to two unconnected bars (in the 2006 Lexus RX at least!). We learned this and much much more. Despite this, and Riley being almost a week overdue, we still didn’t manage to have the seat installed before leaving the hospital. According to the orderly guy who wheeled us out, this was also par for the course.
Riley Marie Weil was born at 8:16am on January 9th, 2006 at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. 7 lbs 12 oz, 20.5″ long and, most importantly, happy, healthy, and beautiful.
Here are the rest of the Hospital pics!
Some people have asked about how labor and delivery and the hospital went, so here’s the story if you’re interested… Read the rest of this entry »