Yesterday was Gavyn's 4 month wellness check up. I was a little nervous heading over because I knew more shots were due and also anxious to hear if he was on track or lagging behind in any areas.
On a side note, when you go to the doctors office and are waiting in the waiting room, if you see a cute baby, how about you ask the mom if you can put your sticky fingers on them before you just start touching. I had a mom get all up in his grill and let her little 2 year old daughter do the same. He was in his car seat so it was not the easiest thing for me to just sort of move away and I did not want to make a big scene. But really, do people think babies are just free game for anyone? He is a little person you know!
Anyway... he weighs a whopping 13 pounds 7 1/2 ounces and 23 inches long! I know to some people it may not sound that big but if you would have or had seen him when he left the hospital after 19 days he was so skinny! He was my biggest baby at birth, 8 pounds 9 ounces. When he left the hospital he was right around 7 pounds and 5 weeks old. His skin had been so stretched out because he had put on about 2 pounds of fluid the first 2 weeks of his stay from the IV's. Once he was off and started peeing everything off he kept losing weight and his skin looked like old man skin with tons of wrinkles! It is so amazing to see him now, chunky with little healthy baby rolls.
The nurse who weighed and measured him thought he was the cutest little guy and kept commenting how alert he was, watching everything going on! The nurse practitioner was the one who did his assessment and I was very proud when she declare, "I see no delays in this little baby!"
We are still anxiously awaiting his development for this first year. We were told so many times in the hospital that he could have delays. That there was no way of telling how his brain was going to react and function to everything that had happened. Everyday when he does something new it is major news in our house.
After his assessment and shots we got to see Dr. Kebler and have a sit down in his office. He was so pleased to see his growth and hear about everything he is doing. He thought Mr. Gavyn looked great and called him a little piggy when I told him how much he eats!
Every mile stone is so important for all children but I feel doubly blessed that Gav is a miracle baby who defies all odds.
Awesome appt update!
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