6 Week Check Up

Katy is 6 weeks old today and went to the health clinic for a routine check up. Her stats were 4.3kg, 57cm long and head circumference 37cm. Comparing these to her birth stats of  3.6kg, 51cm and 34cm demonstrates she is growing at a fairly normal rate - something we're not used to as Ella went from 3.6kg to 5.2kg in the same timeframe.

We then had to visit the doctor, who was having a particularly bad day and was 1.5 hrs behind time, about the granuloma on Katy's belly button. What's that I hear you say...well officially known as an umbilical granuloma it is a piece of tissue that remains on the baby's belly button after the umbilical cord falls off. Rather than healing up and becoming covered with skin, a bright red stalk of tissue remains on the belly button. It has a grainy surface and produces sticky mucus. Nothing serious - just got to keep cleaning it once a day with metho - yes that's not a typo metho - until it dries up and heals properly.  According to Andy's mum, back in her day of raising kids it was standard practice to clean the babies belly buttons with metho.