Update to Doctor's Appointment

I thought I'd post a quick update on how Brianna's doing since we saw our pediatrician yesterday. By the way, I really like her doctor, Karen Goff, so thank you Lisa for the recommendation and helping us find her. She's wonderful ... takes time to answer all my questions, didn't rush me out the door even though she had to work us in, took her time examining Bree and just in general is very easy to talk to. She's also very proactive and noticed that Brianna favors turning her head to one particular side so she gave us some basic stretches to perform on her to make sure her neck muscles develop equally.

Brianna's up to 9 pounds, 6 ounces now so that put all my worries that the reflux was keeping her from gaining weight. She's still in the 75th percentile for her age on weight. She's even starting to get those cute chubby baby cheeks and a little double chin! It makes me feel so much better to know that she's gaining weight at a healthy rate. The doctor was able to rule out a milk protein allergy as well but advised me to continue cutting any dairy out of my diet that I can just to help reduce any possible irritation to her. Dr. Karen did decide to start her on Zantac to help alleviate the pain and discomfort she's feeling from the reflux. So far, it seems to be helping. I haven't noticed her expressing as much discomfort after eating and the spitting up is lessening since she's not as fussy afterwards either.

Right now, she's asleep on Daddy's chest. Its hard to tell who enjoys snuggling more, Brianna or Justin, but I'm not about to disturb either of them. Its such a precious sight to see this tiny little baby snuggled up on her daddy's chest and both of them sound asleep.