Wow how time flies!!!
Mr. Ian had his 1-month checkup at the doctor today; this time with the lady doctor. Once again she proved not nearly as thorough as Dr. Rinzler.
Ian's weight had only gone up 1oz from last Tues, so his weight was 7lbs. 14oz. The Lady Doctor (I will refrain from naming her outright) said she was "concerned" but seemed a little dismissive about it. Maybe acting NOT concerned is her way of not panicking panicky mothers, but that's the wrong approach for us. Lady Doctor wants Ian back in to be weighed again on Saturday, and said that if he doesn't gain significant weight that they have methods of "intervention" but didn't bother to elaborate.
Do you think this Lady Doctor realizes that the word "intervention" to new parents does NOT sound like, "We'll just supplement him with some higher calorie formula for a while, nothing to worry about."?
Do you think that this Lady Doctor realizes that new parents INSTEAD hear, "We have several complicated means of intervention (all which will likely scare the crap out of you), that we'll administer in order to get some weight onto your starving child." and that those same parents conjure visions of their child hooked up to feeding tubes, wires and monitors and possibly admit him to the hospital?
Personally, no, I don't think she realizes it, or thinks about it at all. (BTW, wrong approach again).
Now Ian looks and acts healthy in EVERY OTHER WAY, so I am not terribly concerned. It also happens that we changed his formula this week from mixing higher calorie Similac to a regular caloric mix of Neosure Gentlease, because we noticed he seemed to have trouble digesting the Similac: lots of grunting, straining, etc. Since the switch, there has been a LOT less of the fussiness (and strangely enough, a lot less poop too). So I simply attribute it to the formula change, but we'll see what happens on Saturday.
Our 2nd question to Lady Doctor: "His circumcision looks like it might be a little swollen, is this ok?" Her response, "Yeah, it looks a little swollen... don't worry about it." And nothing more.
HOLY CRAP!
Aside from his low weight gain, she said he was healthy, "a clean bill of health."
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