Naps and Nipples: June 18th

June 18th- Doctor, Doctor…

Unfortunately for Dominic today was his 4 month wellness Doctors visit. Mommy was super excited to see how much he weighs and just how much he has grown overall. When we got to the office and went back into the “lab” where patients get weighed, the height checked, and temperature taken and so on. While in the lab a little 18 month old girl came back to get her stats checked. Dominic instantly started staring and smiling at the little girl. It was so darn cute until he burped and spit up. Mommy told him that spit up is not the way to get girl’s attention.

When the Doctor came in he handed me the piece of paper his office gives that has all the stats on it, he also showed us that Dominic is back into a good growing percentile. The results were: Weight-13 pounds 2 ounces, Height-23 inches, and Head Circumference- 16 ¾ inches. Mommy was so excited about his weight. We had been struggling with weight gain and despite the fact he is still smaller than the average 4 month old, he is doing fantastic and very healthy! A great thing the Doctor told us is not to get to worked up over Tummy Time. He said mostly it is to keep pressure of the back of the skull. He checked Dominic and everything was good, he is strong, sitting up and standing up. He isn’t much of a roller but it will come when he is ready.

After the Doctor left Dominic’s favorite nurse came back in for the shots. He does not like shots!! He screams, and cries so hard that his face turns red. He no longer liked this nurse. Dominic loves to stand, but after the shots he would not use his legs for the rest of the day. We would try to get him to stand and he would drawl his legs up, and that was that. He was not going to put any weight on his little legs.