Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Four (well, three and a half) month checkup

We went to the doctor's this morning. A is sleeping off the trauma of four immunization shots (he screamed and screamed and was beet red) so I can let you know that Master A is doing great. He is 15 pounds, 14 ounces and 26 inches long, which puts him in the 75th percentile for weight and the 95th percentile for height.

The doctor thinks he's probably teething by the way he won't stop chewing on his hands, even though the teeth might not show up for months. She thinks the sleep disruption of last week was probably a growth spurt and she thinks it's okay if he's sleeping in 4-5 hour shifts still, which was somewhat of a relief to hear.

The good news is that she doesn't have a problem with us doing an international trip with him in April; in fact, she said go now because going later won't be as easy. She said the worst time to travel with him will be a year and a half since that's the point where all he'll want to do will be run around. Two, two and a half he'll be interested in things and the act of going, but one and a half it'll be all about him moving as much as possible. But she said to go now since once he's older we'll have to keep our eyes mostly on him and not on the sights.

It looks like we'll be traveling this spring. I need to read some travel books.

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