The Kiddo's Stats

Peter had his 2 year check up today. He did really well. I think this is the first time that I've taken Peter to the doctor that he hasn't cried through the examination. He actually giggled a few times. In fact the only time he cried was when he got his shots and even then the crying didn't last very long at all. He definitely had fun exploring the exam room.

Peter's Stats:
Weight: 25 1/2 pounds - 20%
Height: 35 1/2 inches - 70%
Head: 19 1/2 inches - 75%

Josie had her 6 week check up today. She did well until it came time for the doctor to look in her eyes and mouth. She did not appreciate either of those intrusions. Then it was time for her shots and it was all downhill from there. Her first immunization was an oral dose that she needed to get at least 1/2 of it down for it to be effective. Here we ran into a problem, Andrew was sitting on the exam table holding Josie for this and it looked like she was swallowing it just fine until she projectile spit up half of her recently eaten lunch. So we paused and got her and Andrew and the floor cleaned up, luckily the nurse moved quick enough that she didn't get any on her. We tried again to get her to drink the vaccine and lo and behold the other half of her lunch came out in the same fashion. We decided after they were all cleaned up again that we'd hold off on trying that until later. So she got her shots in her legs and was extremely indignant that she got poked. Then the nurse looked at the oral vaccine and saw that there was a little less than half of it left. So she asked if we should try again, if she didn't get it today we would have had to come back another day just for that. I said there can't be much left to spit up so go ahead. Thankfully she kept it all down this time. Josie spits up a lot more than Peter ever did. In fact Andrew said the other day that she smells worse than Peter did and I told him that that's because she spits up more.

Josie's Stats:

Weight: 11 pounds 11 ounces - 90%
Height: 21 3/4 inches - 50%
Head: 14 3/4 inches - 50%

Here in Arizona the hospitals do a genetic screen blood test on all the babies then they send you home and you're supposed to get a 2nd test done about a week later. After we'd been home with Josie for about 10 days I got a call from the state lab people requesting Josie's doctor's information (I never got a call with Peter). Apparently she had tested positive/abnormal for Hypothyroidism and they wanted to make sure that her doctor got the results and also to make sure that I did the follow up test. We found out today that it came back normal, thank goodness! It had us a little worried but since she's growing just fine and is very active along with the normal test we don't have to worry about it. I had never heard of a baby having thyroid problems before.