A pound and a half?!

I thought Gwen was thinning out. To be honest, I've been worried lately because she doesn't eat as often as she ought to and she's seemed to be getting thinner. So this morning when I realized that her diaper was actually looser on her than it used to be I called the doc's office and took her in for a weight check.

My little girl has lost a pound and a half in the last month.

I am floored by this. I figured they'd tell me she was getting taller but hadn't gained the weight to match. The fact that she has actually lost almost 10% of her body weight in only 4 weeks is very disconcerting. I took this picture Sunday and she is obviously not scrawny or unhealthy looking. She is a very active, alert baby hitting all her developmental milestones. And fortunately she was in the 90th percentile before and had a little chub to spare but clearly this cannot continue.

My doctor is on vacation and the PA in his office did not give me a call back today with a recommended course of action. I'll be calling first thing tomorrow. I talked on the phone with a lactation consultant and will be meeting with her Friday morning. I'm hoping we can figure out what the heck is going on and get little Gwen growing like she should be.

As a side note, I did NOT take Nate and the other kids with me to the doctor's office, so no streaking today. Darn.