2 Month Check-Up

The boys had their 2 month check up on Friday. Everything went very well. Both boys are growing very good( could have told you that without the doctor's help). I said before the appointment that I thought the boys were going to be about 11 lbs each, and Jamie thought I was crazy. So who was closer...

As expected Kevin is still the heavier of the two. Kevin is 12 lbs 1 oz. That puts him at the 65th percentile for his age. So not only has he caught up to the "average" baby, but he has out paced the average. No surprise there, because the boy sucks down every bottle like he has never eaten before. Alex is a little bit smaller at 10 lbs 13oz. That puts him in the 35th percentile, which is a pretty big jump from the 8th percentile where he was at the last appointment. So I was just a couple ounces over Alex's weight and a little bit under on Kevin's.

Interestingly Alex is the longer of the two. Alex is 22.25 inches and Kevin is 22 inches, so the difference is very small. In fact that in the doctor's words this measurement is "wildly inaccurate." So who knows we could be right, we think that Kevin is actually the longer of the two. While the nurse was measuring them Kevin didn't want to stretch and Alex gave a very good stretch, so the measurements might not be totally accurate.

Kevin also has the larger head. His head is 39.25 cm and Alex's is 39 cm. That puts them in the 39th and 32nd percentile. And of course just to stay true to themselves Alex got measured first and while Kevin was getting measured Alex spit up a bunch all over the floor in the measuring room.

We asked the doctor again about them spitting up. He said that since they both are growing so well it is nothing to worry about. Unfortunately the spit up is still so much that it is hard for us to keep up with wiping their mouths. The doctor said that, because of the good growth, he would not recommend any medication or formula change. However he did say that we could try them on a different brand of the same kind of formula. He said that a part of the problem could be that Similac tends to have a lot of bubbles in it compared to some of the other brands. So we are going to use up the Isomil that we have and then give them a try on the Carnation GoodStart, or the doctor suggested Parents Choice, and see if that helps at all.