One Month Doctor Visit and other stuff

Our Monkey is a big girl!! We went to see Dr. Sue on Monday afternoon for Peyton's one month appointment. She is all of 8lbs 15.5oz...basically 9 pounds!! She went from the 25th percentile at birth, to the 50th! You go girl! And she has grown to 22.5 inches. She has stayed in the 90th percentile there. She is going to be our tall girl!

We asked about the purplish mark on her right shoulder that appeared shortly after birth and has grown and become raised. It is a hemagioma (or something like that!). Basically a birthmark that is deeper than the average birthmark. It is very similar to the "pretty mark" my sister Kendall had on her face until she was about 2 or so. The doctor said it will probably continue to get bigger, we just need to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't go too deep and impede any range of motion in her shoulder. She also said that it should begin to fade after a few years. If it doesn't there are treatments that can be done to lessen the color and size.

Everything else looks good! We found out that Peyton's "gassy" problems are probably a result of mom having too much dairy in her diet. That stinks! I am a big milk drinker and I love chocolate and cheese!! So I am to limit my intake to one serving a day! No cereal or cheese on my sandwiches if I want anything dairy for dinner! We have already had to change our plans for our anniversary dinner with Scott's parents because of it. Good thing I love her and she is worth it!! :)

Peyton slept for 7 hours last night! She ate at 10, went to bed around 11 and didn't even so much as stir until 6!! It was awesome! I think I finally caught up on some sleep. (And I went back to sleep after she ate until about 9 when she wanted to eat again!) I hope this is the beginning of wonderful nights!! Thank God!!

We are in Michigan this week on a mini-vacation and for an Open House shower for Scott's side of the family. It will be nice to relax, go out to the boat and not have to worry about keeping my own house clean!!