Maxwell James Harkey was born at 2:52 pm on Monday, January 4, 2010 - 6 lbs 12 oz, 19.25 inches. We arrived at the hospital a little before midnight so it was quite a long day for mom. By the time Max was ready, the room was full of nurses and doctors...at least ten were there. Max had a small temperature (101.8) and so the pediatrician watched closely and did some blood work. Everything came back fine and we were sent home on Wednesday morning. The first night home was quite an experience. The little man did just fine, but his dad needs to work on controlling his panic everytime the little man sneezes or grunts (or moves for that matter).
On Thursday he went for his first doctor's visit since leaving the hospital. Max didn't have jaundice or anything, but he did start losing weight...a little more than normal. So for the first week or so, he had an extra bottle of formula. Because his weight dropped so much (he was at 5 lbs 15 oz), they asked us to come back the following day. Overnight the guy put on 4.5 oz. He's quite the eater when given the opportunity. The doctors told us everything was fine at that point and to come back for our his standard two week check up.
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