A Glimpse into the Freihaut World: Check Ups

I'm 4 months old!

Both kids had check ups at the doctor a few weeks ago. I know this is old news and that some of you may be wonder why I even bother writing about this since it was so long ago, but since our family blog is a kind of substitute for a scrapbook I need to document the milestones (even if they happened weeks ago.) We were ablet o take both kids at the same time which was a great timesaver, but also a bit chaotic in itself. Adalyn had her 2 1/2 year check up and Carter had has 4 month check up.

Addy knew that we were going to see the doctor and was surprisingly ok with it. She knew was was probably going to get at least one shot and didn't show much apprehension about it. As soon as the nurse walked into the room the chitter chatter began. To say that she talked the nurse and doctor's ears off may be a bit of an understatement. As soon as the Doctor stepped foot in the door she let him know that she was going to be a doctor for Halloween. Dr. Boe seemed to be amused by that and gave her several rubber gloves for her costume. Addy talked to him about everything from her baby Carter to moving to a new house. When going down through his developmental checklist he stated "she certainly has quite the vocabulary." Adalyn's height was 37.25 inches and weighed 34 lbs 8 ounces. The doctor was very happy with Adalyn's growth and development and made Addy's day by giving her those gloves for her costume!

Our little guy was checked out after Adalyn. Throughout Carter's check up kept one eye on what the doctor was doing to her little brother and one eye on the I-Spy books she was flipping through. She was very interested in and concerned about what was being done to him. Carter weighed in at 19 lbs. 13 oz. (greater than 97th percentile..of course) and measured to be 25.5 inches long (90th percentile). Yes, he is a big guy and certainly doesn't miss many meals! The doctor was happy with his numbers and while examining Carter by pulling him up to a sitting position mentioned how strong he is for his age. Carter got a shot in each leg and took them like a champ. He cried for only a few second and was his smiley self soon after. The doctor also gave us the ok to begin solids. So we gave him cereal starting on October 1st. He wasn't at all fond of it at first, but has taken more of a liking to it in the past week. We plan to start him with veggies this week. That should be interesting!