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Thursday, September 13, 2007

4 Month check up

Today we took A to Rainbow Pediatrics for the first time. Dr. Sharkey is wonderful!! Everyone was so friendly. A loved the room we were in. It was really colorful and had dragon flies painted on the wall. He just looked at the walls and talked to them. lol I wish I would have thought to get a picture of the room.

Anyways, he was 14.3 lbs and 26 inches long. So, 90th percentile for height and 5oth percentile for weight. Long and skinny....just like he looks. He was in the 50th percentile for height and weight at two months. So, he has really grown over the last 2 months. I hope this trend continues. I really want him to be tall when he is older.

He got shots today so he is drugged up with Tylenol sleeping in his swing. The doctor said that he was doing excellent at holding his head up and at grabbing things. He actually grabbed her stethoscope and the thing that she looked at his eyes and ears with. She was surprised at first that he did it. She said within the next week or so he will be transferring toys between hands. Can't wait. I love watching him learn new things. One thing we need to work on is tummy time. He rolls over occasionally. We are terrible at making him stay there because he hates it. She said just a few minutes a day should work. So, that is my homework for this next week.

Here is a picture of him after the appointment...

3 comments:

kellyk said...

oh i'm so glad you liked it!! the murals are part of why i love that place. and that it's small, so i can call and say, "it's kelly, rex's mom" and they know who we both are. love it. i have actually only seen dr. sharkey once, she doesn't do as many appts[though she goes over the files of all patients everyday, so when we saw her for the first time like 3 months ago, she knew his whole history.]. scarlett is my favorite, but we like marilou too. it's a great place! sandy takes her kids there too now, and kari and doug do too!!
wow that got crazy long.

kellyk said...

does avin have a costume? b/c rex's first halloween he was about avin's size and was a lobster that i still have:-) you are MORE than welcome to borrow it, it's precious!!

Our Family said...

Okay, I had to back and look at JJ's stats at that apt. I remember that one like it was yesterday! He was 14.12 (65%) and 25in (75%). Chubbier and shorter. :)
Hope he's doing well after the shots!