Saturday, July 16, 2011

Four Month Well Child(ren) Appointment

I took the boys to the pediatrician for their 4 month check up.  Fortunately they like new environments and people so they are always happy when they go to the doctor's.  It was definitely a performance and they kept smiling and blowing raspberries for the nurse. 

Well, I was pleasantly wrong in guessing Winston's weight because he is no longer significantly bigger than Abraham.  There is only a 1/2 ounce and 1/2 inch difference between them now.  The pediatrician was very pleased at how much Abraham has caught up.  They are still on the skinnier side for the percentiles but he confirmed that they do have big heads- 96th percentile for Winston!  So W's big noggin may be the reason I thought he was still heavier.

Here are the stats:
Abraham
Birth-5 lbs. 15 ozs.; 18.75 inches
One Month- 7 lbs. 1 oz.; 21 inches
Two Months-10 lbs. 8 ozs.; 21.75 inches
Four Months- 13 lbs. 13.5 ozs.; 25 inches

Winston
Birth- 7 lbs. 9 ozs.; 20 inches
One Month- 7 lbs. 10 ozs.; 21 inches
Two Months-11 lbs. 13 ozs.; 23 inches
Four Months- 13 lbs. 13 ozs.; 25.5 inches

So as you can see, Abraham aka Little Man has caught up and the boys are now just about even.  I am so thankful that Abraham has caught up.  It was a little disconcerting for him to be so much smaller than Winston when he was born because they are identical twins.  So now with introducing some solids it will be interesting to see how fast they grow.

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