Tuesday, October 18, 2005
4.880 gram
Today, Irina, our hebamme, visited us again. We had a lot of questions for, for example:
-Mylène's big toe looked red and there was something white underneath her nail. Should we worry?
-We had discovered some red spots on her bottom. Should we worry?
-Also in her face we discovered some red spots, that looked similar to the ones on her bottom. Was this fungus? Should we worry?
-We saw some white stuff between the wrinkles in her legs. Should we worry?
-We are thinking about buying something to carry the baby around, something like a bagpack, but than on the front. Should we worry? ... I mean, would she have any suggestions?
As usual, and to our relief, Irina told us not to worry, in general.
The toe nail was not so OK, though. The white stuff we saw, was pus, because the toe was infected a bit, as the nail was growing into the toe a bit. Irina cut something of the nail away and removed the pus. Mylène obviously did not like that and was crying loudly ... heartbreaking. But in the end, all was fine again. We got something against the infection and the pus, and hope that the toe nail will grow properly from now on.
And then came the shock .... our hebamme brought a balanced to check Mylène's weight. Well, let me say this: Shiqi does not need to worry that she does not have enough milk. Our daughter is developing into a Michelin girl .... she weighs 4.880 grams now. Can you believe it?
Luckily, mother milk can do no harm, and cannot make Mylène too fat, it seems. So, no diet yet :-)
-Mylène's big toe looked red and there was something white underneath her nail. Should we worry?
-We had discovered some red spots on her bottom. Should we worry?
-Also in her face we discovered some red spots, that looked similar to the ones on her bottom. Was this fungus? Should we worry?
-We saw some white stuff between the wrinkles in her legs. Should we worry?
-We are thinking about buying something to carry the baby around, something like a bagpack, but than on the front. Should we worry? ... I mean, would she have any suggestions?
As usual, and to our relief, Irina told us not to worry, in general.
The toe nail was not so OK, though. The white stuff we saw, was pus, because the toe was infected a bit, as the nail was growing into the toe a bit. Irina cut something of the nail away and removed the pus. Mylène obviously did not like that and was crying loudly ... heartbreaking. But in the end, all was fine again. We got something against the infection and the pus, and hope that the toe nail will grow properly from now on.
And then came the shock .... our hebamme brought a balanced to check Mylène's weight. Well, let me say this: Shiqi does not need to worry that she does not have enough milk. Our daughter is developing into a Michelin girl .... she weighs 4.880 grams now. Can you believe it?
Luckily, mother milk can do no harm, and cannot make Mylène too fat, it seems. So, no diet yet :-)
