This just in!
Head circumference = 17.9in, 90th %ile
Length = 28in, 90th %ile up from ~40th%ile (the kid would not lay on his back for the measurement, we all wondered if this one was error-ridden)
Weight-to-length ratio ~70th%ile, down from off the charts (also b/c of possibly faulty length measurement?)
Weight = 19lb15oz, ~80th%ile, down from 90th %ile
Asher had 5 shots and an oral vaccine on the docket today. I am a confirmed heartless mother...Dr. Hoder suggested splitting such a big number of shots up and coming back another day. I asked whether that was because the vaccines were less effective if there were too many at once, or whether it would be too taxing for his body, etc. Dr. Hoder said no, he just personally can't tolerate that much distress for a little baby all at once (his office shared a wall with our exam room), but it is certainly OK to do it, and many Dr.'s would suggest that. So I said, let's do it! I mean, having to get all of us back there again...and then again b/c Asher will need 2 of each flu shot...there's a bigger risk of not getting them done properly because I don't follow through with the needed re-visit. Poor Asher with the heartless mum. Well, he did just fine...the nurse lined them all up and gave them to him so quickly it was hardly worse than just 2 or 3. I guarantee Asher's cried much harder than that around the house so I don't feel too bad about it. Owen got a giant stuffed Mickey Mouse doll from the nurse because he gave her a valentine! He was also very excited about getting a shot (2nd H1N1). Weird, I know, but he really wanted one...until the nurse pulled up his sleeve...but it was over so quick he didn't even flinch, and then he was very excited again about his round band-aid! Then he demanded a donut. (Somehow I evaded getting him a donut. Not sure how I got out of that one, but I must have said something compelling).
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Hah. Poor Lachlan had to get *seven* shots last week. Then Allyriane and Sterling each had to get one after I had promised them that they didn't have to get any until they were 11. (Stupid H1N1.) Allyriane, my original stoic who never cries, was the biggest baby of them all. Well, all over for another six months.
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