Announcing Roxanne Elizabeth Lilly!

I hope everyone had happy holidays! We certainly did. Our daughter was born on December 19, 2007 at 11:16 pm. She weighed in at 9 pounds 5 ounces and 21.5 inches long. She's a very big baby! I'm exhausted already, but very very happy. She is such a wonderful baby, and not very fussy. She's calm, and absolutely adorable.

We had a scare during her birth, as Roxanne had the rare birth complication called shoulder dystocia, meaning that she got her shoulder stuck on her way out of her mama. Her left shoulder was not moving until yesterday, although she's been able to move her left hand and lower arm from birth. However, as of yesterday, she's been using her left arm almost as much as her right! Our pediatrician has referred us to a specialist at Eggleston to talk about physical therapy, etc., as shoulder dystotia often results in nerve damage that makes it necessary to have physical therapy and possibly surgery by the time the baby is a toddler. However, there is also the chance that they just work it out on their own, and start using the shoulder again.

We are thinking that Roxanne will fall into the second category. You should have seen how excited we were yesterday when she starting flailing her left arm in the bassinet! She still is not using her left arm/shoulder nearly as much as the right one, but she's still using it! Yesterday she was lifting her left arm about halfway into the air, and today she's gotten it to her ear!

Our first pediatrician visit was Monday, and that went well, but Roxanne's weight had dropped to 8 pounds 4 ounces. The doctor was a little concerned that we would need to put her on supplements, since she had lost 11% of her birth-weight. However, since my milk had just come in, the doctor let us come in yesterday morning to weigh her one more time before deciding. So overnight, I tried to feed every two hours, and Roxanne obliged nicely. So, Roxanne ended up weighing in at 8 pounds 14 ounces yesterday. That means she gained ten ounces in one day! We think she will be an overachiever.