Friday, April 10, 2009

2 month check-up

Dominick had his 2 month check up today. He's actually 2 1/2 months now but this was the earliest we could get in. Here are some highlights from the appointment.

He is a BIG boy! He weighs 15 pounds and is 25 inches long. He is in the 97th percentile for weight and the 95th percentile for height. I asked if that was bad and we were feeding him too much and she said no. He just isn't moving too much yet and when he does he'll start losing weight. His little peanut head is still just in the 48th percentile. But Nick has a small head and so do I so it's no real surprise that Dom's head is small.

Also, Dom has reflux. It doesn't bother him at all so there's no medicine to give him. The medicine just treats the acid and the discomfort, and he doesn't have that. He just spits up all the time. She also warned me that it will get much worse before it gets better since he'll be moving around more. That will cause more and more to come up. Great. Something to look forward to! She recommended putting rice cereal in his bottle because that will thicken the formula and help keep it down. However this comes will a price. He will have all those extra calories and he'll get even bigger! But she said that is normal and not to worry about that.

Finally, I brought up how we are concerned slightly about his hearing. She noticed it too. She said it's nothing to be concerned about yet, but we need to keep an eye on how he reacts to sounds and maybe have a second hearing test done. He doesn't respond to loud noises or people's voices yet. So we'll keep an eye out.

Other than that, he is doing great. He is healthy as a horse and smiling and coo-ing great.

Oh I forgot about the dreaded shots. He had to have two today. He screamed so much. It broke my heart. Such a sweet baby boy. He'll have to have two again at his four month appointment. Hopefully he'll be a little more used to it by then and not get so upset. I hate seeing him so upset.

And that's really it from his appointment!

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