Well today was the big day. I ended up doing double duty at the pediatricians office. Yesterday OD woke up with a runny nose and sneezed all day long so he went along with us to IC’s doctor appointment. Turns out that OD has a normal cold and the beginnings of an ear infection. So that means he needs to keep his distance from his brother for 4 days until the cold passes. That will not be fun.
Here are the latest numbers for IC. He now weighs 7lb 13oz! He is 19 1/2 inches long and his head has increased in size from 30 to 36 which equals about a 2inch increase in his head circumference since his first appointment back in August. The doctor also said that he is developmentally just where he should be right now.
We are very excited about all of this because this means that he no longer needs special formula and he no longer needs and iron supplement. One down side is that his reflux has returned and he may end up taking some medicine for this if he doesn’t out grow it soon. Today he got all of his vaccinations that a normal 2 month old baby would receive (ouch). He had 4 separate shots and a heel stick to check his hemoglobin. As if that wasn’t enough torture tomorrow he begins a series of Synagis shots to help prevent RSV. He will receive one a month until RSV season is over (6 months). This particular injection will take 45 minutes and each one after this will take 15 minutes. Tomorrow afternoon mommy will sigh a big sigh of relief. Next we will be tackling flu shots for the rest of the family but this will be a whole lot easier than all of IC’s shots. I will see if I can convince daddy to put a few new pictures of our chunky monkey up for all to see. He looks pretty much the same only bigger.