This morning, Reed and I got up bright and early for his 1 year check up. The nurse weighed him in at 8.5 kg. (18lbs 11oz.) and he is 74.5 cm tall (2 ft. 5 in. or 29 in.). He is in the 25 percentile for height and only 5th percentile for weight. The doctor says that it is nothing to worry about and that he is a growing, healthy, happy kid. He's just skinny. It seems like the other babies his age are absolutely monster sized! He did have to get two shots. One shot he said would give him a slight fever over the next few days and the other one will give him a slight fever in about 10 days......oh fun.
Amazingly enough, he didn't cry at all. He got a shot in the arm and watched the whole thing and just looked at the needle as it poked him and then looked at the doctor and was fine with it. The second one the doctor said would sting and that he would cry. Again, Reed watched the needle, the doctor inserted it and Reed made a sad face and a single tear rolled down, but not a sound. I think the doctor was shocked.
Unfortunately, they have some different shots here and he didn't want to do anymore today so we have to go back in a month for one shot, then he'll go in for a 15 month check up and he'll get more shots. Poor kid. Overall, his appointment went well and he is healthy! What more could we ask for?
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