First Checkup at the Doctor's office.

Getting ready to meet the doctor.

Ian had his first Doctor's appointment today!  It was really just intended to meet the doctor, register Ian as a patient, and see the office.  We also got a baseline weight for him on the office's scale.

He weighed 7lbs. 1oz, which is no change from yesterday, the day of his discharge, but I wasn't expecting it to go up.  Just as long as it didn't go down.

The doctor said he looked good though!  His circumcision is healing just fine, as was his diaper rash from the jaundice treatment.  She said we could stop applying the Vaseline and gauze for his circumcision and just to use A+D Ointment on his tush.

We had been using a product called Ilex for the rash, something that the hospital gave us, because the rash really was bad.  Let me tell you, this is some crazy stuff.  It worked great, but it's a pain in the butt (pun possibly intended) to use.  It literally forms a permanent barrier, like a film, on the kid's butt!  You have to put Vaseline on top of it so that the diaper doesn't stick to it.  It's designed to stick to broken down skin only, and peel away (with soapy water) from healed skin.  This worked pretty much as expected, but it was like peeling dried rubber cement.

So that's it... a good first appointment!  Oh, and I forgot to bring the camera, damnit.