Fall Family Fun: Time for a Check-Up!

I am so behind on my blogging....

Trying to catch up!

On June 9th, we took Owen and Abe for check-ups! Owen had his three year check-up and Abe had his four month check up.

We had to find a new pediatrician since we moved to Mississippi. We decided on Dr. Wurm. I think we made a great decision. Before he became a pediatrician, he was an engineer like Daddy. He has a small practice and runs it like an engineer. (you don't have to wait long, doesn't overbook, etc) He is pretty easy going. He didn't even slap my hand when I told him Abe slept in the bed with us! He just said that is fine. :)

Let's start with Owen since he is the oldest. :)

Owen had a little doctor fear. I don't know if it was really doctor fear, or just the change. Either way, he was scared and cried a little. I was so happy Daddy was there with us to help cheer Owen up!

Owen loved the toy room, and Mommy did too. The well room is completely separated from the sick room. Like...they aren't even near each other. You have to go through a separate door to get to the sick room and it is on the other side of the building! Big Plus!

It was also clean, and they had great toys!

If this isn't an Owen face, I don't know what is!!!!

Owen has grown tremendously since last year! He made a big jump on the growth scale. Yes, I know he is smaller than some, but God makes everyone in different shapes and sizes. I promise he eats. :) Dr. Wurm wasn't worried a bit. He said Owen was healthy!

29 lbs! We jumped from the 3rd percentile to the 22nd!

37 Inches Tall! 39th percentile!

I didn't get any pictures from Owen's check up, because he was scared. Dr. Wurm checked Owen out and said he was perfect. He said he was very advanced in his vocabulary, and to make sure we don't compare Abe to Owen. All children develop differently and the average 3 year old has just started putting together 3 word sentences. I love how all children develop differently, and I feel every child has their "thing" they are advanced at. Owen's is vocabulary. I have always said I would never compare my children, but I do wonder what Abe's "thing" will be. Will he be really athletic, talk a lot...time will tell. :)

After his check up Owen got a Ninja Turtle glow stick from the treasure chest.

Abe's turn!!!

My little compact baby has actually grown a lot in length! He grew almost 4 inches in 2 months! Abe is now 25.3 inches. He jumped from the 20th-25th percentile to the 66th percentile! That's a lot of growth!

I couldn't wait to see how much my chunk of love weighed. I thought he would be about 17 lbs. I was close! He was 16lbs 6oz and in the 80th percentile for weight. He gained 3 lbs 6 oz in 2 months.

Dr. Wurm checking out little man...

One thing I really liked about Dr. Wurm is that he really respects our parenting decisions. He doesn't tell you what to do he ASKS. He asked me if I planned on spoon feeding Abe now, or exclusively breastfeeding until 6 months. I told him exclusively breastfeed. He responded with GREAT! That is what the Academy of Pediatrics recommends. If you want to you can go straight to table food at 6 months. He said he could even have steak. A doctor that encourages Baby Led Weaning??! My dreams have come true. ;)

Abe had the Rotovirus Oral Vaccine.

He had the PCV13, Polio, Dtap, and Hib vaccines.

This is what he thought of getting four shots ...