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Isaac is two months old as of yesterday, and today he had his two-month well-baby checkup at the pediatrician's. His weight, to everyone's pleasant surprise, is up to a whopping eleven and a half pounds -- 11 lbs 9 oz, to be specific -- meaning he has jumped from the tenth to the fiftieth percentile in weight. His length is 22.5 inches (approx. 10th percentile) and his head circumference is 38 centimeters (between 10th and 20th percentile).
So, in short, he is doing great. I had a million questions for the ped, most of which I felt were in the "there are no stupid questions, but..." category. With regard to the colic, or whatever one chooses to call his screaming-at-night episodes, she said that we are not giving him enough time to work it out for himself -- if we only let him fuss or cry for a few minutes before picking him up, we should let him go longer. It's not "let him cry it out," but at least, she said, we should give him up to 15-20 minutes before we decide that he's "inconsolable."
I'm still frustrated by the difference between "comfort sucking" and "using mommy as a pacifier," and how to tell the difference, and how to tell whether he's really hungry or just wants to suck... *sigh* but hopefully I'll figure it out somehow.
I won't go into all the details of the other things he's been doing and what the doctor said about them, but suffice it to say that he's perfectly normal and any worries or concerns that I have are also normal.
Isaac also got four shots (*wince*), which his ped apologized for repeatedly, as she thinks it's terrible that there are so damn many immunizations, but that's the way it is. He did not at all care for the shots, but of course within five minutes he had forgotten all about them. Unlike his mommy, who was still traumatized. ;)
Last Friday, we took Isaac to his first Red Sox game. We were pretty worried as he'd had a couple of really difficult days previously, but he did fine at the game -- spent some time calmly looking around at everything, then some time nursing, then some time sleeping. Of course, the Red Sox got their asses kicked, but we just told Isaac that it was his first initiation into the pain and heartache of being a Sox fan. ;)
New pix of Isaac at the ballgame, plus a few random other cute pix: click for pix.
So, in short, he is doing great. I had a million questions for the ped, most of which I felt were in the "there are no stupid questions, but..." category. With regard to the colic, or whatever one chooses to call his screaming-at-night episodes, she said that we are not giving him enough time to work it out for himself -- if we only let him fuss or cry for a few minutes before picking him up, we should let him go longer. It's not "let him cry it out," but at least, she said, we should give him up to 15-20 minutes before we decide that he's "inconsolable."
I'm still frustrated by the difference between "comfort sucking" and "using mommy as a pacifier," and how to tell the difference, and how to tell whether he's really hungry or just wants to suck... *sigh* but hopefully I'll figure it out somehow.
I won't go into all the details of the other things he's been doing and what the doctor said about them, but suffice it to say that he's perfectly normal and any worries or concerns that I have are also normal.
Isaac also got four shots (*wince*), which his ped apologized for repeatedly, as she thinks it's terrible that there are so damn many immunizations, but that's the way it is. He did not at all care for the shots, but of course within five minutes he had forgotten all about them. Unlike his mommy, who was still traumatized. ;)
Last Friday, we took Isaac to his first Red Sox game. We were pretty worried as he'd had a couple of really difficult days previously, but he did fine at the game -- spent some time calmly looking around at everything, then some time nursing, then some time sleeping. Of course, the Red Sox got their asses kicked, but we just told Isaac that it was his first initiation into the pain and heartache of being a Sox fan. ;)
New pix of Isaac at the ballgame, plus a few random other cute pix: click for pix.
