8 week check-up

Well today was Kale's eight week check up. We had decided earlier to keep him with Dr. Griner. I mean we don't know what the peds. are like on base, but I had heard that Dr. Griner is the best in town. And we definitely want the best for our little boy. His appointment was at 2:15 so we fed him and headed that way. The office was packed and with old people, which was kind of weird because I thought Dr. Griner was a peditrician. I don't know I guess maybe he shares the office with someone else I am not sure. There wasn't any where to sit when we first got there on the well side so while I was filling out some paper work Ryan sat on the sick side. I said something to him because I didn't want Kale to be on the sick side when he wasn't sick because that is just asking to get him sick. The nurse up front agreed with me so Ryan moved to the well side and we just had to sit apart which wasn't that big of a deal. When we got into the room about 15 minutes later they measured him and he is 23 inches. She then measured his head and said it looked really good. I am very proud of myself, I have done really good to make sure he doesn't get a flat head. I try and move him from side to side, especially it seems like he is favoring a side. We then had to take his clothes off and get him weighed. The little booger weighed 11 lbs and 6 oz. haha :) I knew he had grown alot but I didn't expect him to have grown that much. The doctor said he is in the 50th percentile for his weight and height...so he is JUST PERFECT!!! I asked her about his bowel movements because we were a little worried thinking that he might be constipated but the doctor said as long as his bowel movements are the consistency of paste or peanut butter than he is ok and he is. I told her about him straining and turning bright red right before he pooped and she said that is completely normal that her son does the same thing. That made me feel alot better she said if the consistency changed and we thought he was having trouble passing them we could give him a ounce of juice in water, that he was old enough now. I also asked her about his intake of formula and she said it was perfect. I knew it was, but my mom kept telling me she thought we were feeding him too much but the doctor said it is perfect and every baby is different and some will take more or less but we were doing good :) It felt good to know that I was right, sometimes when someone experienced tells you something you start to get insecure but I had already asked and they had told me that we were giving him what we should but my mom kept telling me it was too much and so I started to worry but she said if we were feeding him too much also that he would spit up and Kale hardly ever maybe once every blue moon spits up. After she got done checking him out the nurse came in shortly after that to give him his shots. I was so nervous. I didn't want to see my little boy in pain. She had to give him two in one leg and then one in the other leg. He SCREAMED in pain. I started to tear up. It broke my heart because he turned bright red almost purple, he was holding his breath. After she got done she told us to pick him up and hold him for a minute before putting him in his car seat because the last one she gave him would burn his leg for about a minute. He did so good, as soon as Ryan picked him up he immediately stopped crying. The nurse was shocked. She said she had never seen a baby quit crying that quickly. Most babies cried for at least one minute. She said he was a tough guy :) I was super proud of him but he did have the sniffles on the way out and he isntantly fell asleep. So far he has been pretty good we have been giving him tylenol every 4 hours and he has been sleeping a lot which they said would be normal if he wasn't fussy. He goes back July 1st for another round of shots! He is growing so fast and it is so amazing. It was funny also because when the nurse went to give his last shot she said I only have one more ok and he shook his head no...ofcourse it was coincedence but it was super cute and funny!! I am so thankful for having such a healthy amazing little boy!