On Tuesday we took Austin to his first pediatrician’s
appointment. He was 4 days old.
We switched the appointment from Wednesday to Tuesday
because there was a snowstorm anticipated for Wednesday morning. It snowed
Tuesday morning. Luckily this is DC so the huge chunky flakes picturesquely fell
on the Mall, but the Mini carried the three of us there and back with no
problems. We even made it to the doctor’s office without having to pullover to make
sure Austin was still breathing.
When we arrived we were lucky to be sent to the third floor,
because the main office on the fourth floor was teeming with screaming snot-nosed
brats and exhausted and equally snot-nosed mostly moms. They must have put the
babies on the 3rd floor, thank goodness. Austin wasn’t even the
youngest. A 3-day old came in shortly after us with equally anxious and excited parents in tow.
Our pediatrician, Dr. Shnider, is lovely. She’s young –
probably early-mid thirties - and has an 18 month old. When she came in, Hayden
pointed out, she spent the first several minutes going over my c-section care.
Also, she spent a lot of time reassuring us as new parents about both how cute
and healthy Austin is and how well we’re doing. Just perfect.
And he is doing well. His weight is up to 7 lbs 5 oz and he’s
feeding like a champ. He has just a touch of jaundice, which actually makes him
look like he just got back from a weekend in the Bahamas, sporting a slight tan. Nothing to
worry about. Hilarity did ensue with his other potential malady: his
undescended teste. Hayden is quite worried about this, but the doctors and myself
not so much at this stage. It’s not too unusual and he has time and honestly it’s
not life threatening. Anyway, she was examining his little schmenny and when she
squeezed his ball, poop literally shot across the room. The doctor actually
screamed and jumped to dodge the load. While holding my stitches as tight as I
could, I tried my hardest not to double over with laughter. Hayden ran to get
clean up supplies. Austin didn’t bat an eyelash.
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