Lily's two-week checkup

Lily measured in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces, just three ounces shy of her birth weight. She was 20 3/4 inches long. Both measured about in the 75th percentile (but she is WAY behind where our giant Willow was at two weeks, in the 95th percentile).
The doctor was happy with Lily's growth and her color (she had a touch of jaundice in the hospital).
The doctor also humored us when we exasperatedly asked for help getting sleep at night.
"Congratulations, you have a normal baby," she chuckled.
You see, Willow wasn't a normal baby, and she spoiled us with her sleeping several hours straight every night.
"Willow was a freak," our nurse told us.
Well, Lily is not a freak, though she seems to eat freakishly at times.
Last night, for example, Lily chugged bottles at 12:15, 1:45, 4:15 and 6:15 a.m. And diaper changes and rock-a-byes accompanied all those. Yawn.

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