James Goes to His 2 Month Check Up

So today we took James to his two month check up. He is of course, all sorts of amazing. Here are the stats of the day...

Height - 24 1/4 inches (90th Percentile)

Weight - 12 lbs (5oth Percentile)

Head - 15 1/2 inches (57th Percentile)

So are baby is growing pretty much right on track and is good and healthy.
Today though, was a day for shots. He had 3 shots and like 5 different vaccines I think (Hep B, DPT, and Rotavirus). One in one leg and two in the other. Poor baby. And poor mommy too. But we survived. And after we got him all calmed down, dressed and in his car seat, he slept for the next couple hours. Feeding time happened. And then he screamed and screamed. Nothing could console my poor beebeebee. So the children's Tylenol was given (they gave us a dosage chart at the doctors office today). And he promptly slept for the next few hours. It was a bit of a rough day for the poor guy. But he's sleeping it off like a champ.

(Buzz Light Year & Donkey (from Shrek) )

Also speaking of sleeping, he didn't wake up until 10 am today when I got him out of bed to feed him before the doctors appointment. Guess that's what happens when I don't put him to bed until 11 pm. And after properly wearing him out yesterday. We had a stake Relief Society meeting with the stake presidency. With treats afterward. And all the ladies had to look at my baby and hold him and love him.

Cause he makes the hipsters fall in love when he's got his diaper on and up.

And with that much attention and people loving on him, it just tired the poor kid out. I think it's what they call "over stimulation". But he survived and got a good night's sleep. I didn't even feed him until 7 am this morning. It was amazing.

Back to the doctors appointment!

Have you seen his belly button? If you've seen the videos of him in his diaper you might have noticed his belly button stick out a little. But it doesn't really look like an outie (thank goodness). But he does have a herniated umbilical stump, which makes it protrude (especially after he's eaten :) ). But the doc said they don't worry about it and it should fix itself at some point.

Also they're watching his testes. They're still really high in the tubes. Which means, if they don't drop on their own by 6 to 9 months then he has to have surgery to bring them down. And that's kind of sad thought. My poor baby. And the doc didn't seem very optimistic about one of them. But we'll just have to wait and see. But we do what we have to and get on with life. Even if it stinks to see the poor little guy in pain. I'll deal with it when the time comes if need be.

And because James (and me) did so well, I done took one of the stickers they had for the children at the doctor's office. I think we deserved it after that many shots. In case you're wondering, it's going in the baby book we got him. And oh how I love Patrick Star, got to raise my kid right and all :).


And now it's time for some sleep. So excited!