Long story short, we no longer have to travel to the base hospital for appointments! When Tom went in to add Katie to our insurance, they asked if we wanted to change our PCM to someone in town and we said YES! (That’s what we initially wanted to do when we moved here but they told us we HAD to be seen on base. Ironically, Tom was dealing with the exact woman he dealt with before that gave him such attitude and she tried to tell him that he could have picked a PCM a year ago when we moved here. But anyway.)
So we only have to drive 15 minutes now and can park about 20 yards from the office (instead of driving 30 minutes and parking 200 yards from the office)…it really does feel like a HUGE difference. The office is small and a bit outdated (i.e. the scale they used to weigh Katie was an old-fashioned one where you slide the bars to get it to balance instead of the digital one at the hospital that takes three readings and averages them)…but the staff and doctor were nice and it was quick and easy and I’m glad we made the change.
So, Katie’s stats. For reference:
She was born 8 lbs. 1 oz.
She left the hospital at 7 lbs. 12 oz.
At her one-day check-up she was 7 lbs. 6oz.
At her three-day check-up she was 7 lbs. 11 oz.
At her two-week check-up…she was 8 lbs. 14 oz!!
I didn’t think about it until after we left that they didn’t measure her length or her head…but maybe they don’t do that until the one-month appointment. I just chalked it up to something else I don’t remember, and will make a note of it for her next appointment.