Evan turned 2 months today! Which means that he had his 2 month check up today as well as his first set of immunizations. We had him sufficiently drowsy on Infant Tylenol before we brought him in. He did well with the needles (one in each thigh), crying only during the injection but then settling right down afterward (thank goodness, it just makes you want to cry when they are in discomfort or pain). Poor little guy.
Evan weighed in at 8lbs, 10oz which we thought was pretty darn good! The nurse, however, put his weight and length measurements on a percentile chart and announced that he was not even on the chart yet for a child 2 months of age and that he hasn't caught up yet. This revelation sort of dashed our optimism - I mean he was born 6 weeks early and he's already doubled his weight - what do they want?!?! To make matters worse, when the nurse loudly clapped her hands to test Evan's hearing he didn't startle - so the nurse thought that he was deaf as well as underweight. We, of course, know that Evan can hear just fine, having passed his hearing tests in the hospital and responding to sound at home. He was probably drowsy from the Tylenol and he's pretty used to noise having spent half of his life in a noisy hospital. So, in a nutshell, our appointment did not go the way we thought it would, but we're all for giving Evan the time and encouragement he needs to "catch up " his own time. Take THAT medical profession!
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