Doctor Appointments

The kids both had routine doctor appointments this week - Cass had his 2 year appointment, and Celena had her one month appointment. Here's the rundown . . .
Cass's Stats:
Weight - 25 lbs (15th percentile)
Height - 35 1/4 in (70th percentile)
Head - 19 cm (50th percentile)

Our doctor told us that if you double a child's height at 2 years, then you can tell how tall they will be as an adult. So, it doesn't look like Cass will be as tall as his daddy - he'll probably be 5'10" or 5'11".

The doctor said that Cass's 2 year molars are coming in - I've noticed he's had his fingers in his mouth quite a bit lately, so that must be why. Hopefully that also explains some of his latest fussiness . . . I was just blaming it on the "terrible two's".

Celena's Stats:
Weight: 9 lbs 7.5 oz (55th percentile)
Height: 20 3/4 in (45th percentile)
Head: 14 1/2 cm (45th percentile)

Cass was always a long skinny baby, and she is measuring average all around. She is a really good eater, so I imagine she'll continue to pack on the pounds! The only real problem we have with her is she has reflux, so if she lays flat she spits up and gags. So, we put a carseat in the bassinet in the bed and she sleeps in that so she is elevated (elevating the mattress didn't seem to do the trick - I guess the carseat sits more upright). I'm nursing, and the doctor recommended I eliminate any dairy in my diet to see if that helps the reflux. That has been harder than I thought - obviously no milk, no cheese, no milk chocolate, no ice cream, etc. Even some crackers and baked goods contain dairy! I didn't realize how much dairy I consumed until I had to cut it out! So far it seems to be helping though, so I'll stick with it and hopefully once she is a little older I can start eating it again.

An update on sleeping . . . she has only been waking up once per night for the past week! It's wonderful!!!! At some point we will have to take her out of the carseat and try to get her to sleep on an elevated mattress so that may make the nights worse for a while, but I'm going to wait another week until the dairy is completely out of my system before we try to do that - hopefully by then her reflux is completely over and she'll do fine laying on the mattress.

Doctor Appointments

Cass has had quite a week. He has absolutely no immune system because he is rarely exposed to anything or anyone outside of our house (he hasn't even had a cold!!). So, I expected that he would get sick after our trip to Kansas City, and I was right. He had a runny nose the first week after we returned home, then on Labor Day he came down with a 103 degree fever. He went to the doctor Tuesday, who checked his ears and throat and concluded he just had some kind of bug. On Thursday his fever broke, and he then broke out in a rash. We went back to the doctor today for his one year check-up, and the doctor said the rash is evidence that he had Roseola. Apparently it's a common virus little ones get. I know this is the first of many - I guess it's good that we're starting to strengthen his immune system.

The highlight of today's doctor's appointment was the weigh-in. We have a little beanpole, here are his measurements . . .

Height: 31 Inches = 90th percentile (daddy was happy!!)

Weight: 19 lbs 8.5 ozs = 10th percentile

I can tell he is starting to feel better. We are babysitting my mom's dog this weekend - here he is playing with the dog cage . . . I caught him crawling in it earlier!