Another ½ pound.

Leia's BVC appointment went well today!

Before we did all the weighing and measuring, we got to talk to one of the gals from our parent-group! She was there with her baby, a boy. (She, like the other couple we saw, were hoping for a girl.) She, like everyone else, couldn't get over how cute and adorable Leia is, and how small. :) Fredrik and I are anxious for our next parent-group meeting, to see all the babies, and compare them to all the pictures we drew of what we thought the babies would look like.. :D

This past week Leia gained 250 g (½ pound) and 1 cm (~½ in) in length. So she is at 4125 g (9 pounds) and 55,5 cm (~22 in).
So, she is growing like crazy, still ... although she isn't nearly as big as her cousin Kalle when he was born!

We won't have any more appointments, though, until her appointment with her pediatrician in a couple of weeks.

The nurse had a good idea that Leia would start to calm down in 1-2 weeks, though. That her eating would lessen, and her sleeping would get better. She says that Leia's body is trying to catch up to her length, and at the rate she is going, it shouldn't take much longer. (Her "curves" are starting to line-up.) Leia isn't nearly as chubby as she should be, yet, for her length. She doesn't have those chubby legs that babies have (which is why her pants and diapers don't stay on her very well), and why she looks a lot longer than she actually is.

She said that even though I don't feel I can keep up with her milk-need, that obviously her feeding is working very well, because of her weight gain since she was born. And we talked about how she notices everything and how good her head control is, and the hopes that she will start to sleep a little more. (Just doesn't seem right that a 5 week old sleeps about 6-7 hours in a 24 hour period.)

So, we are.. holding out for some change in her behavior.. :)

And tomorrow, I'll try to write about our trip to Stockholm.. I haven't had the time to get to that yet.. :P