Rory's 4 year stats, Beckah's 18 month stats, and Owen 2 month stats...

It was a busy couple of weeks for us.  Rory turned 4, Beckah turned 18 months, and Owen is now 2 months old.  All of them needed to go in for well checks!  lol

Rory is 38 inches tall (so 3'2") and 30lbs 5ozs.  Still on the skinny side, but she is holding steady on the growth chart so we aren't worried.  Rory is always awesome at the doctor's office.  She answers questions and has no problem holding still for the exams.  The only thing she didn't like was having to get her shots, but I am pretty sure that no one likes to get shots.  At least now she is done with shots until she is 11 and needs a booster.

Beckah was also very cooperative with the doctors. She is 31inches tall and 25lbs 3ozs.  She talked a bunch  (some nonsense and some completely understandable lol) and is a little bit ahead of where they say average is for her age. Beckah also needed shots which she milked for a couple of days by talking about her "ow-ies" and getting weepy.  She is a little bit of a drama queen.  

Owen had his two month appointment on the 18th.  He did very well, was smiling at everyone and even "talked" for the doctors.  He was 12lbs 15ozs and 24 inches long.  He got a few shots too, which wasn't very fun.

Sadly we are going to be saying goodbye to a few of our favorite doctors as they will be finishing up their residency soon.  This means that there are a whole bunch of new residents coming into the clinic and this drives me a little nuts.  As Owen is my FOURTH child there are somethings that I really don't need to sit and go through step by step with the new residents assigned to our care, but at the same time I feel that I need to let the resident go through the steps they need to for their benefit. They are learning and trying to get these things to be second nature.  Most of them seem insanely nervous, especially when dealing with children and I so want them to be at ease.  My kids are so good about letting them listen to hearts and lungs, letting them look in their ears, nose and mouth.  They get the giggles from doing the response tests (tapping of the knee to make the leg kick stuff) and like to talk to the doctors about how they are doing (even when they are sick).  I know my kids are good for these new Residents to work with because they don't have to worry about upsetting them and can really get a feel for what healthy/sick looks like in kids their ages.

But...It is really exhausting for me to have to go over proper infant care, car seat safety, and/or what they should be doing/learning at this stage/age in detail at every. single. appointment.  Further frustrating things, most of these residents are young, have had no children themselves, and are mostly male.  They also have to go through the appointment once alone with me and again with their attending present to make sure they are checking right.  Sigh.

Good news is all the attending doctors are very good are thanking me for my patience and giving the attending a chance!  The attending at Owen's appointment had an awesome sense of humor and the resident relaxed a lot when he realized that I was going to be as helpful and patient as he needed me to be and that Owen was happy and relaxed.  I really hope that we can get in with him consistently (and I am annoyingly persistent with the appointment people so I'm thinking I will get my way lol) because he had a pretty good bedside manner with the kids once he relaxed and sounded the least like a walking textbook of all the attending physicians when dealing with me and my questions.

Beckah's 1 year stats!

Dr says she is looking good, though her height dropped off a bit in the last couple of months.  She probably is between growth spurts was our guess since she is right on target in every other way.  She was a hair shy of 20lbs and 30 inches with a 18 inch noggin. :o)  She is holding true to her curve and is my "middle of the road" kid!  :o)  

Hope March is treating everyone well!   

Beckah's is six months old!

It's hard to believe that 6 months ago she was brand new and tiny.  

Now she is 16 pounds 10 ounces and 24 inches long. 

She laughs, squeals, babbles.  She can sit all on her own now and has started scooting (backwards) on her belly.  

She is just amazing.   

Beckah's 2 month stats and other craziness...

Sorry we are so late updating about Beckah's two month stats. Things around here have been...interesting. Most of you that keep up with me on Facebook know that we have been in and out of the ER with Beckah getting tests done. She was projectile vomiting after every feeding for a whole day and it freaked me out. I, unfortunately was all alone when this happened. Brady was away getting more training at Keesler for two weeks. :o( So I packed all three kids up and headed to the ER. After a couple of ultrasounds, x-rays, and some really wonderful people in the ER helping me with the girls we figured out that she was constipated and has a bit of reflux. She isn't bad enough to be on meds and once we got her constipation taken care of things got MUCH better. A combination of a little bit of watered down prune juice mixed with some baby safe probiotics has made for a much happier baby. She hasn't vomited in a total of 5 days now and I am so happy about this.

So on to her two month stats. She was 11lbs 15ozs and 23 inches. Puts her in the 75^th percentile over all. My little chunky monkey. She has some serious leg rolls and adorable chins. Brady was changing her diaper the other day and told me “Our daughter has some serious junk in her trunk.” Yes sir, she does. It's dang cute too!

Beckah smiles and coos all the time now. She also has found her thumb. For real. I am not looking forward to getting her off of her thumb later in life, but for now it is really awesome. She self soothes and puts her self to sleep very easily. Her pacifier is always on hand. Literally. She also LOVES our Classical Baby videos (all the girls love them really). Makes my life just a bit easier when you can have 25 minutes to do whatever needs doing. Oh and two hands to do it with.

Cady and Rory have been great. Rory had what we are pretty sure was an allergic reaction to Mahi last week. We don't eat much fish (other than canned tuna, which both girls love and neither have had a reaction to). So I was trying to branch out with the Mahi. It was really good and Rory LOVED it. So when her face turned red and her face, neck and arms started itching I was pretty bummed. Well worried and then bummed. We got another referral to our allergist (gotta love TriCare) and we will be figuring out how bad the allergy is and what else we need to keep her away from. Oh and if we need to start carrying an Epipen (sp?). Fun times.

Cady is getting geared up for School in the fall. I can't believe that she will start kindergarden! She is so ready for it. I have no idea what we will do without her all day.

That is about it for now. We are gearing up for our trip to Vegas in a week! SOOOOOO ready for a vacation and some family time! I also can't wait to meet my newest nephew for the first time, and take lots of pictures of everyone! :o)

Beckah's Stats...

Beckah's 2 week appointment was today! She was 8lbs 1oz and 21.5 inches long! Looks like we have another Cadence on our hands! :o)