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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Robin and Maggie share a doctor's appointment.
Both kids had a well baby visit today so our ped's were kind enough to book them in the same slot and do it together. Have I mentioned before how much we love our pediatricians? (Still have to pay the two co-pays though..can't get out of that one! ha ha ha).
Lots of progress and updates:
(Disclaimer: Any comparisons between the kids is for fun only. We know and love our children each as individuals and we welcome and enjoy their differences and don't expect them to match up with all of this stuff. Still it's fun to compare...and it's purely for entertainment only)
Maggie:
4 Months Old
Weight: 12 lbs 9 oz (A: 14 lbs 13 oz, R: 10 lbs 14 oz)
Height: 25 1/4" (A: 24 3/4", R: 24 1/4)
So she's really tall! I think they said the height was in the 90th%. I was surprised. Also by her weight. We both thought she weighed a lot more than she does based on our stepping on the scale with her and stepping on alone. But I guess she's right in the middle of the boys.She is holding herself up well and lifts up decently on her tummy. She coos and babbles similarly to Arthur at that age. (Robin wasn't much of a verbal expresser...still isn't). She did have a minor diaper rash that we were given a prescription for because the ped felt it looked like it needed a little something extra. She had one shot, and we'll do the others in a month after we let her process the DTaP alone.
One of the issues brought up with Maggie is that she's got this weird sort of hunch-y thing going on. The fat pad on her neck is thick and while she doesn't have any chromosomal problems normally associated with that, it does make her range of motion just a wee bit smaller. The doctor isn't worried in the slightest but she said an early intervention couldn't hurt so she'll probably have a little bit of physical therapy. It could all just be due to the fact that she was for so long in the breech position before birth.Also she has a pretty badly blocked tear duct. They will wait until she is about nine months old and if it hasn't unblocked, they do a minor surgery to unblock it. That's a bridge we'll cross when we get to it though. Right now they've prescribed her eye goop to just make sure it's not an infection but they are pretty certain it's the duct.
Robin:
18 Months Old
Weight: 18 lbs 4 oz (A: 23 lbs 13 oz)
Height: 31 1/4" (A: 30 3/4")
Yeah, he's still small. He did gain 2 lbs since his last appointment but that curve just isn't budging. He gained 2 pounds in the previous three months too and that was when his pediatrian started asking us to pump up the calories in his liquid...which we did. There really isn't a lot more we can do food wise. He eats...a lot. We're doing what we can to maximize his fat and calorie intake but aside from tying him down so he doesn't burn any calories, I just don't think this is a beast we can control. They will discuss it and give us a call tomorrow and I've told them that we're not really worried about it if they aren't. He looks healthy, his head and brain are growing, and he's behaving developmentally in ways appropriate for a well-nourished child. He also carries some genetics of some tiny people in my family that I was not blessed to inherit as well. If they express concern, we'll have them go ahead and screen him for metabolic issues. I don't honestly think anything will come up, but it will at least rule out that there is anything "wrong" with him.
He's finally starting to open his mouth..YAY and soon I'll wish he hadn't..ha ha ha. His vocabulary range was at about 3 or 4 "possible" words at his 15 month appointment and now he has a steady stream of regular words and phrases. He's definitely got a smaller range than Arthur had, and that is common for second children. But he now regularly says things like "up, please", "sky", "all done", "uh oh", "Arthur", "blastoff", "bye bye", and "li eye eye" (little einsteins..he likes the song). No "mum" yet but we are getting there.
I have to add that while we certainly have had, do have, and will continue to have our own issues and worries with the kids, today I was really counting my blessings. This week I learned of two very little ones with cystic fibrosis...one is the young son of a very dear friend of mine from college that I was just able to recently reconnect with. His mom said something simple but beautiful to me that I carried today "All we can do is love our children and try to give them the best life possible".
Damn right.
Lots of progress and updates:
(Disclaimer: Any comparisons between the kids is for fun only. We know and love our children each as individuals and we welcome and enjoy their differences and don't expect them to match up with all of this stuff. Still it's fun to compare...and it's purely for entertainment only)
Maggie:
4 Months Old
Weight: 12 lbs 9 oz (A: 14 lbs 13 oz, R: 10 lbs 14 oz)
Height: 25 1/4" (A: 24 3/4", R: 24 1/4)
So she's really tall! I think they said the height was in the 90th%. I was surprised. Also by her weight. We both thought she weighed a lot more than she does based on our stepping on the scale with her and stepping on alone. But I guess she's right in the middle of the boys.She is holding herself up well and lifts up decently on her tummy. She coos and babbles similarly to Arthur at that age. (Robin wasn't much of a verbal expresser...still isn't). She did have a minor diaper rash that we were given a prescription for because the ped felt it looked like it needed a little something extra. She had one shot, and we'll do the others in a month after we let her process the DTaP alone.
One of the issues brought up with Maggie is that she's got this weird sort of hunch-y thing going on. The fat pad on her neck is thick and while she doesn't have any chromosomal problems normally associated with that, it does make her range of motion just a wee bit smaller. The doctor isn't worried in the slightest but she said an early intervention couldn't hurt so she'll probably have a little bit of physical therapy. It could all just be due to the fact that she was for so long in the breech position before birth.Also she has a pretty badly blocked tear duct. They will wait until she is about nine months old and if it hasn't unblocked, they do a minor surgery to unblock it. That's a bridge we'll cross when we get to it though. Right now they've prescribed her eye goop to just make sure it's not an infection but they are pretty certain it's the duct.
Robin:
18 Months Old
Weight: 18 lbs 4 oz (A: 23 lbs 13 oz)
Height: 31 1/4" (A: 30 3/4")
Yeah, he's still small. He did gain 2 lbs since his last appointment but that curve just isn't budging. He gained 2 pounds in the previous three months too and that was when his pediatrian started asking us to pump up the calories in his liquid...which we did. There really isn't a lot more we can do food wise. He eats...a lot. We're doing what we can to maximize his fat and calorie intake but aside from tying him down so he doesn't burn any calories, I just don't think this is a beast we can control. They will discuss it and give us a call tomorrow and I've told them that we're not really worried about it if they aren't. He looks healthy, his head and brain are growing, and he's behaving developmentally in ways appropriate for a well-nourished child. He also carries some genetics of some tiny people in my family that I was not blessed to inherit as well. If they express concern, we'll have them go ahead and screen him for metabolic issues. I don't honestly think anything will come up, but it will at least rule out that there is anything "wrong" with him.
He's finally starting to open his mouth..YAY and soon I'll wish he hadn't..ha ha ha. His vocabulary range was at about 3 or 4 "possible" words at his 15 month appointment and now he has a steady stream of regular words and phrases. He's definitely got a smaller range than Arthur had, and that is common for second children. But he now regularly says things like "up, please", "sky", "all done", "uh oh", "Arthur", "blastoff", "bye bye", and "li eye eye" (little einsteins..he likes the song). No "mum" yet but we are getting there.
I have to add that while we certainly have had, do have, and will continue to have our own issues and worries with the kids, today I was really counting my blessings. This week I learned of two very little ones with cystic fibrosis...one is the young son of a very dear friend of mine from college that I was just able to recently reconnect with. His mom said something simple but beautiful to me that I carried today "All we can do is love our children and try to give them the best life possible".
Damn right.
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