Three Kids, One Doctor...

Last Monday, March 5th, all three kids were scheduled for doctor’s appointments.  The appointment was scheduled for 2:40pm, so we spent all morning getting everyone cleaned, dressed and packed up to go!  The appointment took almost two hours because of all three kids!

Noah was up first, I guess since he is the oldest it’s his right!  Here are Noah’s two year stats:

Weight:  27 pounds 15 ounces (50%)

Height:  35.5 inches (75%)

Head:  19.5 inches (75%)

Noah is shrinking!!!!  Okay, he’s not REALLY shrinking, but he’s starting to slow down on his growth.  Up until now he has been in the 99% percentile for his height.  I guess now that the size 18 month pants are FINALLY starting to fit, he can stop growing taller and fatten up a bit.  We have the hardest time buying this kid pants… his waist is 12 months, his height is 18 months and he is 26 months old!  Hmmm… I wonder if the length on 24 month pants would fit him… guess it doesn’t matter because it won’t work for his waist!

Anyway… he is healthy and he lucked out and didn’t need any shots.  His next round will be when he is four.  He has decided he likes the doctor… when we are at home, but not when we are there.  He’ll tell you the doctor is going to check his ears and he gets excited about it, until she actually does it!

Carter was up next, even though he is the youngest.  Keep in mind that the twins were born 4 weeks early.  They run a month behind on these kinds of stats, however they are doing quite well reaching milestones… only a week or two behind on a few random things, which is totally awesome!  Here are Carters four month stats:

Weight:  11 pounds 10 ounces (5%)

Height:  24 inches (10-25%)

Head:  16 inches (10-25%)

For babies who were born with percentages under 1, we think he is doing great!  Finally on the charts!  Carter is doing wonderfully and fighting off every cold and illness with ease!  He is always the last to get sick and the first to get over it!  Pretty impressive for the preemie of the family!

And now we have Paige!  Having to blow everyone out of the water with her awesomeness! Here are Paige’s four month stats:

Weight:  12 pounds 14 ounces (25-50%)

Height:  23 5/8 inches (25%)

Head 16 ¼ inches (50-75%)

The doctor showed concern over her breathing and her head size!  Paige has been fighting colds and repertory issues since she came into the world, poor dear!  As far as her head goes… they tried to tell me that her head grew fast in the past two months.  Instead of the size “curving” on the percentile chart it shot straight up.  This makes no sense to me because her and Carter’s heads grew the same number amount!  She is just a ¼ inch larger!  I’m confused because they didn’t say anything about Carter’s head and if they grew the same number amount his is growing at the same rate as hers!  I think they may have charted something wrong, but we’ll see.  The doctor told me not to be concerned about it and they’d check her again at her six month appointment in May.

Paige and I took a trip back to the doctor again today, Monday, March 12th, for a follow-up on her breathing.  Doctor O said she couldn’t hear as much wheezing as she did last week, so we think she might be getting better.  Her O2 saturation level was at 99%, which we have NEVER seen since she was born… she’s always down near 88%, which is not good!  Paige is still congested and fighting off this last cold, but Doctor O is hopeful that this will be the last we see this cold and flu season.  Let’s pray!!!  Instead of being sent off to an ENT specialist, Doctor O is going to recheck Paige’s breathing in May and see where we are.  Poor Paige has a few things stacked against her and we are trying to stay on top of her breathing because of them… I had asthma as a child, but have pretty much outgrown it (1 strike).  Paige was born 4 weeks early (2 strikes).  Paige is a twin (3 strikes).  Paige has had a series of colds since she was born causing constant congestion (4 strikes)… FOUR strikes against her for the possibility of having asthma.  Lucky for us, Doctor O agrees that checking her periodically for signs of asthma is a good idea just to be safe.  She doesn’t want it sneaking up on us and her having an attack which will send Daddy off the deep end!  Okay, it would send me there too, but whatever! 

So, all in all, the kids are healthy, happy, and reaching all of their milestones perfectly!  There was a questionnaire for Noah’s milestones, and I was actually laughing out loud as I read and answered half of it… he has surpassed all of them and is moving up toward four year milestones!  We are so proud of the little guy!  Hopefully this trend continues.  I can’t wait to see what the twins bring!  I love seeing how they are all different!

Hopefully you’ll hear no more about Noah's medical life until his three year appointment, God willing!  We’ll update everyone on the twins’ development, their next appointment is for their six month visit in May!  We continue to pray that God will get us through next winter’s cold, flu and RSV season with a clean bill of health!  Noah has outgrown RSV, however he can still bring it home to the twins.  I think we are going to have a hard time next winter keeping him in seclusion, but hopefully it will be the last year we have to deal with the RSV side of things!