Well Visits

It's been a long time since I posted well visit stats, but I'm running a little dry on things to write about, so here goes:

I took the boys to their two-year-old and four-year-old well visit last week. It was a very peaceful visit, since there were no shots. They did have to do a finger prick on both boys. Caleb screamed bloody murder while the nurse squeeze drops of blood out of his finger, but Ethan just watched her curiously and didn't cry at all. He's got his Daddy's curiosity about how the body works, while Caleb has my aversion to blood. Both boys were asked to pee in a cup for the first time this visit. Ethan was successful, but Caleb had just gone potty and had nothing to offer. He felt very bad about it, but I assured him it was no big deal.

Anyway, on to the numbers that make these well visits interesting... At two-years-old, Ethan weighed in at 27 lbs, 4 oz, which put him around the 45th percentile for weight. He was 34 1/4 inches tall, which is around the 50th percentile. That's pretty much where he has been on the growth curves since he was 6 months old, so no surprises there.

At four-years-old, Caleb weighed in 37 lbs, which was around the 50th percentile. He measured 42 inches tall which is the 80th percentile. He's always been between 70th and 95th percentile in height, but his weight has fluctuated a lot more. He stayed around 25th percentile as a one-year-old, and then around the 75th percentile as a two and three-year-old. Now I guess he's evened out to the 50th :)

They were both pronounced very healthy little boys by Dr. H, and I said a prayer of thanks for another uneventful well visit :)