Yesterday Weston had his first Well Child exam since he was two weeks old. At that time he was a runty tenth percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height and head. Now, he is 11 pounds and 10 ounces, and 23 inches long...50th percentile for everything (he gained over 5 pounds since his last visit).
Well child exams are nothing new to me. Being a 2nd year Pediatric resident I get to see a ton of them in my own clinic, and I pretty much know how they roll. Check on feedings...pees and poops, make sure baby seems to be hearing and seeing fine....talk about safety, and counsel on immunizations. I really had few concerns for a first time parent, and immunizations were not one of them...I know it'll hurt him for a few minutes, then I'll wait out the possible side effects. Weston did good with his shots...he cried for a minute, bled a few drops, and went to sleep.
My only real concern was about Weston crossing his eyes still. Usually this can happen in young infants and it's fine until a certain age when you expect them to have enough muscle control in there eyes to not have this problem. Sometimes it would be one eye, then the other turned in (I think you might be able to see it in a previous post). Anyhow, his pediatrician is giving him one more month to outgrow this esotropia and then he'll have to see an ophthalmologist. The only other concern of hers? ...a wobbly head means not enough tummy time (guilty as charged)...so now I have to make him really mad with extra tummy time, which he hates.
Well child exams are nothing new to me. Being a 2nd year Pediatric resident I get to see a ton of them in my own clinic, and I pretty much know how they roll. Check on feedings...pees and poops, make sure baby seems to be hearing and seeing fine....talk about safety, and counsel on immunizations. I really had few concerns for a first time parent, and immunizations were not one of them...I know it'll hurt him for a few minutes, then I'll wait out the possible side effects. Weston did good with his shots...he cried for a minute, bled a few drops, and went to sleep.
My only real concern was about Weston crossing his eyes still. Usually this can happen in young infants and it's fine until a certain age when you expect them to have enough muscle control in there eyes to not have this problem. Sometimes it would be one eye, then the other turned in (I think you might be able to see it in a previous post). Anyhow, his pediatrician is giving him one more month to outgrow this esotropia and then he'll have to see an ophthalmologist. The only other concern of hers? ...a wobbly head means not enough tummy time (guilty as charged)...so now I have to make him really mad with extra tummy time, which he hates.
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