Preston had his 2 month check up today.
So much has changed about him in the past month since we were last there. The biggest and noticeable change would be his size. He's getting so big!!!
Weight: 11 lbs 10 oz (50-75 percentile)
Height: 23 inches (50 percentile)
Head Circumference (50-75 percentile)
So since he was born he's grown 2 inches and gained 3 lbs 7 oz. Not to bad!
The doctor said he's an excellent baby, which pleased me and then made it easy to forgive him when he made the comment "Rather be dead then red in the head".
I had a list of questions for him, which he was glad to listen to and answer. He assured me that within this month Preston will stop clenching his fists and relax his hands more. Said his weekly projectile vomiting is nothing to be concerned about since it happens so sporadically. Suggested that I start using Dove soap for his baths since his skin is sensitive and a little dry. (Must be the red hair). And then said that because he is such a mouth breather/air swallower/snorer/sometimes squeaky when he breathes that he could have enlarged adenoids or tonsils. But we cant do anything about that because he's so little, and that we'll just keep an eye on it as he grows. In the meantime I can try sleeping him with his head a bit elevated since he can't hold it up and adjust it on his own.
Then came shot time....dun dun dun dun DUN!
He only had to get 3 shots, and 1 oral medication. They told me the oral one tasted like grape, which apparently is Prestons 2nd favorite flavor (the first being formula). He just sucked it down. Then they did 2 shots in one leg, 1 in the other. When they first poked him it didn't really seem to bother him, but then after a little bit of a delayed reaction it sunk in and he cried and had huge tears! The 2nd leg bled a little bit more and needed 2 band-aids, which he also hated. But as soon as I picked him up he was fine. He keeps giving me these sad looks though. . .
Seems to be doing ok at the moment. He is a bit more fussy then normal, but I enjoy the cuddle time! Lucky for him he doesn't have to go back for 2 more months
The doctor said he's an excellent baby, which pleased me and then made it easy to forgive him when he made the comment "Rather be dead then red in the head".
I had a list of questions for him, which he was glad to listen to and answer. He assured me that within this month Preston will stop clenching his fists and relax his hands more. Said his weekly projectile vomiting is nothing to be concerned about since it happens so sporadically. Suggested that I start using Dove soap for his baths since his skin is sensitive and a little dry. (Must be the red hair). And then said that because he is such a mouth breather/air swallower/snorer/sometimes squeaky when he breathes that he could have enlarged adenoids or tonsils. But we cant do anything about that because he's so little, and that we'll just keep an eye on it as he grows. In the meantime I can try sleeping him with his head a bit elevated since he can't hold it up and adjust it on his own.
Then came shot time....dun dun dun dun DUN!
He only had to get 3 shots, and 1 oral medication. They told me the oral one tasted like grape, which apparently is Prestons 2nd favorite flavor (the first being formula). He just sucked it down. Then they did 2 shots in one leg, 1 in the other. When they first poked him it didn't really seem to bother him, but then after a little bit of a delayed reaction it sunk in and he cried and had huge tears! The 2nd leg bled a little bit more and needed 2 band-aids, which he also hated. But as soon as I picked him up he was fine. He keeps giving me these sad looks though. . .
Seems to be doing ok at the moment. He is a bit more fussy then normal, but I enjoy the cuddle time! Lucky for him he doesn't have to go back for 2 more months
2 comments:
oh poor guy with those shots...how did you hold up having to see him get the shots???
thats good you had all those questions...and that he answered them...
although i am trying to forgive him for that comment he made about him being a red head.
hes the cutest red head ever!!!!
I was just fine during his shots. It was so funny to watch his face go from happy to confused to terror in like 4 seconds!
Maybe people don't understand that when they are telling me things about my redheaded baby, they are telling them to a redhead (me)!
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