My growing boy- He weighs in at 11lbs 4oz, which I think is pretty impressive. He's gained at least 4lbs since he's been born. For being my littlest little, he's eating and gaining the most, which is sort of funny to no one but me. :) The ped never tells me percentiles, but just from using trusty Dr. Google, he seems to be right around the 50th% or so.
He's at 22 inches now, which means he's still a shorty. He's gained 2.5 inches since birth, however. % wise, he's around the 25th. So not really proportional in that area. It just makes him look chubbier, all those rolls on this short little body. He's actually in the 75th% in what he weighs vs how long he is. HA!
His blue, blue eyes were mentioned and even the doctor said that since they haven't changed at all, maybe he'll keep that color. Fingers crossed!
His head control was noted as "excellent" and "really impressive" which is nice things to hear about your kid. He also showed her how well he's doing during tummy time. Really, there wasn't one question she asked me that I couldn't say 'yep, he's doing that" to.
We were advised we could start adding some rice cereal to his bottles if we wanted to try to help with the spit up, but I'm wary to do that. His little belly isn't designed for anything other than breast milk or formula until closer to 6mo, so the thought of filling it up with cereal kind of makes me pause. Plus there's the constipation issue. On the other hand, _everyone_ I've talked to have said that it does seem to help with the spit up problem. If I push much harder, he'll probably have to go on medicine and I'm not sure which is best out of the two evils.
He also got his first round of shots, sort of. Just by knowing my son's personality and how he reacts to things, I knew I didn't want to give him more than 2 at a time, at least right now. So, after some discussions with the nurse, we have a plan in action for the next several months. Yesterday he got Dtap (with polio mixed in) and the rotavirus oral vaccine (since Em is in school). In 30 days he'll go back and get the Hib and PC vaccine. I'm assuming the Heb B will be combined with the Hib, although I'm not concerned with the Heb B at all. At 4mo, he'll get the round he got at 2mo, 5mo he'll get the round from 3mo, etc. By 7mo he should be caught up and then I'll do the regular shot schedule from there (except for MMR/chicken pox which I delay until 2). He did awesome with the shot he did get and didn't even cry. However, as I expected, he had a rough night last night. Thankfully no fever, just really cranky and unhappy (which I know isn't uncommon for him at night, but I could tell a difference). He's slept through taking big sis to school and is still passed out, so he's still in the middle of his vaccine-induced sleep they all seem to go through.
All in all, a nice appointment. Connor screamed "I'm hungry! I need Sonic" the entire time, but that's to be expected, because I'm pretty sure _I_ sound like that when I'm hungry. ;)
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