OUCH!!!

Today Kyra had her 2 week checkup. She's gained an ounce a day in the last week and is up 7 ounces from her weight last Friday, but not quite up to her birthweight yet. The dr. was happy with her coloring and didn't feel the need to recheck her bilirubin which was a good thing since she already ended up getting poked THREE TIMES in her poor little heel for the PKU test. Dad was just about ready to hit someone by the time they brought the lab tech in instead of the nurse with a better lancet. Also, why doesn't anyone warn you that they're going to do your baby's vaccines with a needle that's an inch and a half long? Poor baby was so upset she exhausted herself fussing at the appointment. She did get a big crayon shaped band-aid on her thigh, but is still too young to find this to be much consolation for having been poked.
So on the sleep front, we're making some progress... maybe. She did sleep in the playpen for the longest stretch yet last night all wrapped up in the beautiful flannel baby quilt that our neighbor made her and brought over! She then proceeded to stay awake (mostly eating and staring at Dad, only a little fussing) for about 2 hours. We did however give her the bink back a week early. We're going to try to keep it for only at nighttime. She's latching so well though for feeding that I'm not too worried about that, and if it starts to seem like a problem I guess we'll just have to take it away again.
Oh, and just to illustrate HOW well the pets are adjusting... just in case you can't tell, she's sitting ON Denali in the pics below. See how disturbed he looks? Finally found an alternative to constantly telling him he can't sit on her when she's in our laps. (He doesn't want to snuggle with her when she's not with us, only wants to share the lap!)