Despite my efforts to keep my baby from the germs of cold and flu season, Matt came home with a cold last week. For two days, we limited Matt's contact with Logan to try and keep him from getting sick. In fact, the day that Matt was the worst, he slept in the guest bedroom. Overnight Monday and into Tuesday morning I noticed that Logan's breathing sounded congested as he was sleeping. It continued off and on during the day yesterday and last night before bed it sounded a little worse.
This morning, after taking his temperature because I figured the nurse would ask, I called the doctor's office. When the nurse called me back she said due to his age, it was best that I brought him in. So we were off to the doctor instead of to Target to finish our Christmas shopping.
The doctor said that while he does have a cold, it is very mild and nothing to be concerned about. She told me how to treat him at home if his symptoms got worse and what signs, in the event I see them, should prompt me to call them again. He should make it through his first illness without a problem.
Since he was in the office, they weighed him. He weighed 8 lbs almost three weeks ago. Today, he weighs 10 lbs!!! He was in the 27th percentile when born and he is now in the 58th percentile. The doctor assured me that I could not overfeed a breastfeed baby, which was good to hear. But the really exciting part is that the doctor said that since his weigh gain was so good that I no longer need to wake him up during the night to feed him. Yeah!!! Tonight will be the first night since he was born that I will not set an alarm to wake him up to feed him. I have been waking him up every 5 hours. I am very curious to see how long he will sleep on his own. Fingers crossed.
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