The Tank and his stats

I just had Josh's four month check-up - the boy is weighing in at 18 lbs 5 oz and is 26.75 inches long. He is big. The doctor just kept saying over and over, "wow, he's big." When a pediatrician says that repeatedly, the neurotic Mom can't help but wonder if my child is too big. But the doctor assured me that Josh was still on the same height and weight growth path that he had been on since birth. My pediatrician doesn't give me the exact percentiles - he points to the growth chart on the computer and shows me the little red x's that are on the border of the actual chart, where line meets grid - that is where Josh is.

It is funny going to these check-up's. I look forward to them to make sure that everything is developmentally on track and have any questions answered. When Lucy was a baby I would keep a running list for weeks and months before appointments. I would write down any ridiculous question that popped into my head and then produce the list when the doctor casually asked if I had any questions. I'd start, "okay, about spider bites," and he'd sigh. At one point I remember pointedly asking him if I was being neurotic. He told me that with all new mothers there was a certain learning curve. Alrighty then, neurotic I was I guess. This time I just go and listen and ask any burning questions that I may have, but my crazy list is gone and I'm a bit more rational.

The biggest thing that we've got to start working on is eliminating night feedings. Clearly he is not struggling growth-wise and he's like a shark at night -he glugs two big 7 oz bottles. He goes to sleep around 7:00 and drinks one bottle at around midnight and then another between three and four o'clock. With Lucy we struggled with sleep issues and eventually at seventeen months let her cry-it-out and she slept through the night. Now I realize that with Josh it is in everyones best interest to get sleep under control a LOT earlier.

Now I go, I try to have someone watch Lucy because the doctor is one place I recognized that she definitely does not like to share attention. On Josh's first visit I brought them both and Lucy stood on chairs telling the doctor that she was a daredevil and eating her cheeze-it's right below the No Eating sign. When it was time to listen to Josh's chest she pulled down her shirt and leaned forward so she could get in on the action. It was just a little too chaotic.

I'm going keep track of Josh's stats here. I'm not the best person for recording this kind of stuff, hopefully the blog will motivate me. Before Josh was born I finally got around to filling Lucy's baby book out. I remembered a lot of stuff, but the little things like which order her teeth came in totally stymied me. I just put a big question mark on the dental diagram and wrote, "sorry, this isn't my thing." Someday she'll get it, hopefully.

Stats for the guy
5/31/07 - I was induced early, Josh's due date was actually 6/3 but due to falling platelet levels I opted for an induction so I could get an epidural if I wanted. I did. It rocked.
Weight: 9 lbs 8 oz
Height: 22 inches

6/4/07
Weight: 9.38 lbs
Height: 22 inches

6/29
Weight: 11.38 lbs
Height: 22.75 inches

7/27
Weight: 13.88 lbs
Height: 24.5 inches

9/28
Weight: 18.5 lbs
Height: 26.75

12/14
Weight: 22.13 lbs (100th percentile!)
Height: 28.25 inches (99thth percentile!)

3/4
Weight: 25.8 lbs
Height: 31.50 inches
Off the charts again for height and weight!

6/2 - Josh's 1 year and Lucy's 3 year
Josh
Weight: 28 lbs
Height: 32 inches
Off the charts again!

9/2 - 15 months
Weight: 30.4
Height: 34 inches
Back on the chart, barely!

12/1 - 18 months
Weight: 31
Height: 34 inches
99th percentile for weight, 97th for height, and head is 100th percentile...big brains!

Lucy
Weight: 33 lbs
Height: 37 1/2 inches