Yesterday we went for the babies NICU follow-up with the pediatrician. He was happy with how everyone is doing. It was kind of funny, as they were doing their wild thing in the examining room he made the comment that he was sitting back and just enjoying the commotion from "the other side". Casey would not sit on the scale in order to be weighed so I had to sit on it while holding him and then sit on it myself...he wasn't in my good books for making me having to get on the scale! Haha! Mitchell thought it was funny when Dr. W. was checking his reflexes, he would giggle everytime he tapped him. Anyways, all was good and he confirmed that they are doing everything they should be at this age, including driving us nuts at times!
Casey was 28 lbs (75th percentile) and 32.75 in (50th %).
Mitchell was 24 lbs (25th %) and 32 in (25th %).
Maggie was 23.3 lbs (25th %) and 31.5 in(35th %).
They seem to go down a bit on their growth curves if they are sick for a week or two and not eating much, but then catch up again once their appetites are back to normal. Overall they are doing great and have just amazed us how far they have come from those early days.
Our house is so close to being done. Carpet is being installed, then we just need baseboards, final paint touch ups and then a bit of odds and ends. There is also some outside work to be done yet like leveling out the front yard and driveway/garage. We are getting really excited to finally get into the house. Although I have found myself watching them do things in our house now and thinking, is this the last time they'll be doing this? Things like: emptying out some of the kitchen drawers and throwing stuff all over the house for the umpteenth time because they broke the child proof lock, or throwing almost every toy they have upstairs over the baby gate down to the entrance, or fighting over which two get to sit under our desk area in the kitchen because all three of them don't fit under there anymore or pushing over our temporary folding kitchen chairs and sitting on them, or pushing their highchairs all over the kitchen playing bumper cars, or chasing each other around and around the island. We will have so many awesome memories when we leave this house.
The one picture that do have is of Maggie's best bud, Sid.
Sid the Science Kid is a show that she loves to watch. He has managed to bump the beloved Elmo down on Maggie's totem pole. When she hears the woman on the tv say that Sid is coming up next she runs to the tv and stands there until he's on. Then she jumps up and downs with delight when she sees him. The babies usually won't watch anything for more than a minute or two, so there must be something special about Sid. I think the only other person that she gets more excited to see is her daddy when he comes home from work.
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Ahhh...the joys of follow ups with doctors. I have also had to get on the scale with a child (or two!) over the years...I'm always so happy when those appointments are over...which is usually right about the time my kiddos calm down! : )
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