Two Month Pediatrician Check-up
Wouldn’t you know it? Jacob is finally making a long run of sleeping in his crib and we have to wake him up to take him to the pediatrician. He has been known to sleep 4 or 5 hours in his bouncer on occasion, but not more that 2-1/2 hours in his crib. Yep, we are working on it now and are getting him to sleep more in his crib during the day, but he certainly likes to be right in the center of all the action.
So, we got Jacob changed and started feeding him before we left. Then continued in the waiting room and everywhere else we could try and get the rest of the feeding in. He was a very happy baby making a lot smiles at daddy (so much so that mommy was getting a little jealous). There was even a glint in Jacob’s eye of look at what I can do daddy as he was flailing his arms and legs all over the place very rapidly.
The nurse came in and took some measurements. Jacob is now a whole 23-1/2 inches long and weighed in at 12 pounds, 1 ounce. Not that this is something to keep track of, but his head is 16 inches in circumference and his chest measures 15 inches. This means that Jacob is a little above normal in his height and weight for his age. The height stayed in line over the past 1-1/2 months and his weight has caught up to normal as he was only in the 25th percentile at the previous check-up (now basically a little over 50%).
From what the doctor says, it sounds like we are just going to have a child with sensitive skin and are continuing to work on keeping him scaleless. Mom does a great job of lubing Jacob up with his different ointments suggested by the various doctors and we just need to continue. Babies normally grow out of this by six months. The doctor did say since the cradle crap is basically all over his body that he may be more sensitive for longer and something that we will just need to be aware of/control. It looks like he may be like his dad a bit. We were told not to use anything scented on him to help with his skin. Dad doesn’t get any rashes, but he is affected by scents.
So far, so good!! Jacob was still happy with the nurse’s and the doctor’s exam… Da, da, da, dummmmmm…. Now it was time for the nurse to come back in… DOOMSDAY!! Yep, time for those much awaited pokers of pain… The shots!! Jacob received 2 shots in each thigh. The first two weren’t too bad, but the final two REALLY got Jacob mad. The first couple forced mom into tears and the nurse even asked if she was alright. Mom said she was. She did better than I thought she would though. Good job mom!! I was going to get Jacob all dressed back up and hold him, etc., but I could tell mom would feel a lot better if she was able to hold him first. He did settle down a bit, but it really wasn’t until I got him into his carrier and started swinging it that he really calmed down.
Jacob’s check-up went well as everything is normal with just some sensitive skin. We will be headed back to the doctor for a 3-month checkup the week of Christmas.
So, we got Jacob changed and started feeding him before we left. Then continued in the waiting room and everywhere else we could try and get the rest of the feeding in. He was a very happy baby making a lot smiles at daddy (so much so that mommy was getting a little jealous). There was even a glint in Jacob’s eye of look at what I can do daddy as he was flailing his arms and legs all over the place very rapidly.
The nurse came in and took some measurements. Jacob is now a whole 23-1/2 inches long and weighed in at 12 pounds, 1 ounce. Not that this is something to keep track of, but his head is 16 inches in circumference and his chest measures 15 inches. This means that Jacob is a little above normal in his height and weight for his age. The height stayed in line over the past 1-1/2 months and his weight has caught up to normal as he was only in the 25th percentile at the previous check-up (now basically a little over 50%).
From what the doctor says, it sounds like we are just going to have a child with sensitive skin and are continuing to work on keeping him scaleless. Mom does a great job of lubing Jacob up with his different ointments suggested by the various doctors and we just need to continue. Babies normally grow out of this by six months. The doctor did say since the cradle crap is basically all over his body that he may be more sensitive for longer and something that we will just need to be aware of/control. It looks like he may be like his dad a bit. We were told not to use anything scented on him to help with his skin. Dad doesn’t get any rashes, but he is affected by scents.
So far, so good!! Jacob was still happy with the nurse’s and the doctor’s exam… Da, da, da, dummmmmm…. Now it was time for the nurse to come back in… DOOMSDAY!! Yep, time for those much awaited pokers of pain… The shots!! Jacob received 2 shots in each thigh. The first two weren’t too bad, but the final two REALLY got Jacob mad. The first couple forced mom into tears and the nurse even asked if she was alright. Mom said she was. She did better than I thought she would though. Good job mom!! I was going to get Jacob all dressed back up and hold him, etc., but I could tell mom would feel a lot better if she was able to hold him first. He did settle down a bit, but it really wasn’t until I got him into his carrier and started swinging it that he really calmed down.
Jacob’s check-up went well as everything is normal with just some sensitive skin. We will be headed back to the doctor for a 3-month checkup the week of Christmas.
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