Second Month Check-Up

The boys had their routine doctor's visit yesterday. They got weighed and measured, poked and prodded. Alex came in at 12lb 6oz. Zach was 11lb 11oz. Both boys were 22in. Alex still has Zach on head size. The gains in weight shot them pretty far up the percentile rankings. Alex went from 29th to 65th, while Zach jumped from 22nd to 48th. Unfortunately they're still behind in length, hovering around the 15th percentile. I guess we have short, chubby babies.

The nurse practitioner seemed to think that the boys should be eating less frequently and sleeping for longer stretches. Both boys still get up every 2hrs or so. She wanted them to go 3-4hrs at night. I'm not sure how we're supposed to change that. Personally I think this is one area where their 3.5wks prematurity comes into play. I'm going to just wait a little and see if they switch on their own.

Along with their visit was 5 vaccinations, and only one was oral - so 2 shots in each thigh. Alex got upset at the liquid vaccine and kept trying to spit it out. The nurses were really fast and had them done at lightening speeds. The boys were troopers and calmed down pretty quickly. I hugged them and wiped away their little tears.

Afterwards we went to Publix and got them some infant Tylenol. Sure enough, even with the medicine they ran a low fever most of the night. They weren't too cranky - mostly sleepy. Zach needed a lot more holding and rocking than normal, too. Even this morning both boys are a little on the tired side. What normally takes the a minute or two for them to wake up and announce they're hungry, took 15min today. They would whimper a little and fall back asleep. hehe

The boys have taken the concept of grinning and run with it. Here's a couple of pictures from yesterday before we left.

Zach in the swing

Alex getting ready for the doctor's