Saturday, September 11, 2010

4 month and 2 year old check-ups

Hard to believe that my little baby is already 4 months old and Austin already 2 years, time sure does fly!!! We had both boys check-ups last week, let me tell you that was an experience....I don't really know what I was thinking but I scheduled both Austins 2 year check-up and Logan's 4 month checkup for the same day back to back when Matt was working, which meant I had to take both boys by myself. Now normally I take both boys places by myself all the time, but Austin is getting old enough that he knew where we were going and what normally happens there.....shots!!!!! From the minute we pulled into the parking lot he wanted to leave, I'm pretty sure I heard "go mommy" about 300 times in the hour we were there. Trying to keep Austin from having a major melt down and getting both evaluated by the doctor was exhausting to say the least!!! The only thing I thought would save me was the fact that Austin didn't have to get shots, just Logan. Well come to find out they have come out with a new pneumonia vaccine and he had to get his finger poked to get his hemoglobin tested. Thank goodness he was old enough to get the flu mist, which goes up his nose and saved us from one more shot. I had them give Logan his shots first because I knew he would be satisfied with a bottle and would recover from his shots a lot faster then Austin would. Poor Logan had to get two shots, which I guess was better then the 3 he had to get at his two month check-up. Here were their measurements:
Logans:
  • Height: 26.5 inches (the exact same as Austin was at this age) which was the 93%
  • Weight: 17lbs 5 oz ( 7 oz lighter then Austin was at this age) which was the 88%
  • head circumference was the 40% (lets just say this was a LOT smaller then Austins at this age)
Austins:
  • Height: 37 inches (the doctor told us if you double their height at age 2, a lot of times this is close to their final height, which in his case would be 6'2"....wow if he is that tall he'll tower over his mom and dad!!!) this was the 95%
  • Weight: 30 lbs this was the 75%
  • head circumference is still in the 90%
So, as you can see both of the boys are right on track developmentally and growing like weeds. Logan has had a little bought of cradle cap that we've been trying to get rid of without much luck so his pediatrician recommended that we use antidandruff shampoo on it, so right now we are trying some selsun blue, we'll see how that works.

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