Another baby check, another problem

[lathany]

Ryan and Bea went to the clinic for their 8 month/5 month check-up. Meaning that they were 5 months since their due date yesterday and will be 8 months from their birth date on Saturday.

Ryan

Weight - 7.63kg (16lb 13oz) : just above the 50th centile
Length - 65cm : just under the 50th centile
Head circumference - 44cm : just under the 75th centile

Ryan passed all his development milestone tests with flying colours, as usual.

Beatrice

Weight - 7.38kg (16lb 4oz) : between the 50th and the 75th centile
Length - 61.5cm : on the 9th centile
Head circumference - 45.3cm : on the 99.6th centile (!)

Bea didn't pass all her milestones, as usual. This time, apart from the ongoing stuff which we knew about, there is a slight question mark over whether her hips are in line. She will be going to another appointment with a doctor to check.

Comments

[unknownid.livejournal.com]

hallo darlings! How lovely to find you here on Livejournal. I'm mostly just a lurker, but I love being able to keep current. and make wiseass remarks.

It's a bit worrisome about Bea's hips, but I think she's already proved that she's a tough little sprout, so I don't expect it will slow her down much even if there is a problem. And I would like to point out that her godmother has abnormally short arms, too. Really. Had an ex who went to art school and knew all the "correct" human proportions... used to stare at me bemusedly and say "you're wrong". hasn't hampered me in life, and no one notices except for art students.

So hard to believe that those two little scraps are now 16lbs... thanks for doing conversions for the metrically impaired.

Love,
Nina

Wot no journal entries ?

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Hello Marquise of Carabas,

I should have guessed you might have a journal id !

Bea also has a parallelogram head; we're hoping that might disappear as she gets bigger as well. Never mind, clinic visits were invented to worry parents...

Dawn.

Re: Wot no journal entries ?

[unknownid.livejournal.com]

I've been sort of meaning to start a journal for months now, and I will once I deal with the whole fear-of-exposure thing. I would rather like to keep a house journal, though. I could describe in great detail the adventure yesterday that led me to discover that the kitchen counter was rotten. That'd be fun...

Re: Wot no journal entries ?

[lathany.livejournal.com]

I think its a fine idea.

No-one will have a first entry about a rotting kitchen counter...

;-)

Dawn.

Re: Wot no journal entries ?

[lathany.livejournal.com]

By which I meant to say "no-one else"

(hating the non-revision of replies)

Dawn.