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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Checkups

I was lying awake in bed around 6:00 this morning (after dealing with a screaming baby girl) when all of a sudden I realized that the kids' well visits were today at 9:00 a.m. Since they often don't get up until 8:15, getting everyone dressed and at the doctor by then is no easy task. But I managed it, and we were even on time despite getting stuck behind a school bus in the neighborhood this morning. And I decided that I actually don't mind 9:00 a.m. appointments because they are not running late like they usually are. Anyway, here are the kids stats.

Caleb-
41 1/4 inches tall - off the chart
35 lbs - 75th percentile
No shots today
Passed his hearing and vision screenings
Was a little ornery, but managed to tell the doctor his name and age
Could not correctly answer if he was a girl or a boy. Maybe I should work on that. :)

Alexa -
Around the 50th percentile for height and weight
32 inches
21 lbs 8 oz
Got her last 2 baby shots today. No more until she is 5.
Wanted to do everything that big brother did (Like putting her finger on the doctor's light to see it glow and giving the doctor high five. She also wanted to get dressed when Caleb did even though she hadn't had her exam yet.)

All in all, they are both healthy and developing normally. Alexa has her next well check appointment when she turns 2, and Caleb when he turns 5.

3 comments:

Joan said...

I gotta quit picking Caleb up!

Dave said...

According to www.about.com,

Caleb is in the 62nd percentile for weight, 91st for height

(different than the doctor's office that used 3 years as his age instead of 3.5)

Alexa is in the 7th percentile for weight, 44th for height

(not sure where she puts the 3 waffles she eats every morning)

Oma and Opa said...

Leave it to a MATH teacher to give out the stats....