Kid's corner

Nathan is almost four weeks old, so it was time to have him checked again. He weighs 4.380kg (after eating, so you can subtract 100g; yesterday he weighted 4.270kg, though two meals later), measures 55.5 cm, and has a head circumference of 37.5 cm. I think they missed last time, because he was 55.5cm then as well, and I cannot imagine him not having grown over the course of two weeks. For the rest, he checked out fine.

We went to see the pediatrician today with Elias. He was due for a checkup, measuring, weighing, ... We had a blood sample taken to see if there are any new allergies he is suffering from.

The good news first. Elias weighs 15.450kg, measures 93.5 cm (though I'm having my doubts, because he was at 95 cm when we measured him at home two weeks ago), and his head circumference is 50cm. So he's top of the pack length-wise and weight-wise, and above average with respect to head size. No wonder he doesn't fit the openings of his t-shirts for some time now.

On April 25th, 2007, Nathan paid Dr. Azou - our pediatrician - a first visit. We were a bit worried because he is not eating very well, taking over an hour (at least) to suckle in about 70g to 80g of milk. He was measured, weighted, and the conclusion was: nothing to worry about (yet). He weighs 3.68kg, is 55.5cm tall (I think that an increase of 3cm in two weeks is quite a lot), and his head circumference measures 35.5cm.