Friday, June 11, 2010

Garrett's 4-month appt ends in...

him eating cereal.
Garrett had his 4 month check up.  He weighed in at 13 lbs 1 oz.  Exactly 5 lbs gained in his 4 months of life.  He measured in at 25.7 inches.  A one inch growth in about 2 or 3 weeks.  That is just craziness.  That means that Garrett is in the 10% for his weight and 75% for his length.  The length is good but the weight, not so good.  I started feeding him cereal once a day to help with the weight gain.  I was hoping to wait until he is 6 months but I just needed a bit of help getting him plumped up.
He was also worried about Garrett's muscle tone.  It seems that he has too much muscle tone in his legs and arms.  He is worried that if we do not work on it that Garrett will need to have to wear special shoes to keep his feet more flat footed and possibly therapy.  If that doesn't work then down the road he may need surgery.  I doubt that it would come to any of that though.
We will see how things are in a month when the doctor wants to see him again.
I am going to leave you with a few pictures of him eating cereal for the first time.
 




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