Weight gain 2006

In the anarchic cartoon South Park, the character Cartman famously
declares that he is not fat, just big boned - then proceeds to gulp
down weight gain liquifood.
Well, little Aimee is officially not so little anymore. After six weeks of
gulping down her own version of liquifood, she went for her 6 week
health check up and the doctors were impressed at her huge weight
gain - officially put down as 11.4lbs (5.17 Kg). This is an
astonishingly fast rate of growth (usual is about 0.5 lbs a week) and
well above the average on the weight chart. The doctor was
impressed but did not suggest cutting back - he simply concurred
that Cat had particularly rich breast milk.
Whilst at the clinic, Aimee got a complete all over physical and all
seemed normal. She also got a BCG jab, which caused Aimee to
probably break the world record for loudest scream by a traumatised
baby ever.
We're both pretty pleased that Aimee is doing so well health wise.
The night before had me consulting the baby medical textbooks to
see what could be causing her sudden bout of pained crying. I
concluded that she had gastro-oesophogeal-reflux. This is when the
stomach acid comes back up causing lots of pain. But then again, it
could be anything. The perils of self-diagnosis is that whatever you
read, you end up convincing yourself that you are a certain
candidate for that ailment.
On a brighter note, Cat says Aimee smiled the biggest (and possibly
her first ever) social smile when my Mum came round to visit. As I
did not witness this, I can only take her word for it, since Aimee has
not smilled at me yet :(
If she does...be sure that I will capture it on my camera soon.