Fischer had his 2 month well-baby check-up yesterday. He is now 24 inches long (75-90th percentile, 4 inches since birth), he weighs 12 lbs. 7 oz. (50-75th percentile, a gain of 4 lbs. 6 oz. since birth), and his head circumference is 40.5 cm (50-75th percentile, an increase of 6 cm since birth). Dr. Hoyer said he's absolutely perfectly healthy. She went over all of the immunizations he was about to receive in detail with us and answered a list of questions I had, as well. We continue to be a great breastfeeding "team", and I've gotten the hang of fitting pumping into my work day, too.
The shots he had to get were combined into 3 pokes. He was laying on the exam table with his legs bent at the knee over the side while the nurse held his legs against the table with her tummy. When she first got started, he was laughing and smiling at her. Then, the first poke kind of startled him at first--he looked like "hey, wait a minute, what was that?" and then he turned dark red, opened his mouth wide, took a deeeeep breath, and SCREAMED through the other 2 pokes! Daddy calmed him down after a short time, and he was talking and laughing again in no time.
We've kept him dosed on Tylenol since right before his shots, and we'll keep him on it for 24 hours to help with any soreness and to ward off any fever. He's at home with Joe today to take it easy and to watch for any issues. So far, after my lunchtime call to check on them, my boys are having a great day. It's funny the things we talk about now, as parents. After our initial conversation, Joe called me back to let me know "he pooped" because it had been more than a day since his last dirty diaper. All is well in the Spiering household!
Sorry there's no photo this time--just wanted to be sure you had his latest stats! We're so proud :)
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