2 month pediatrician visit

It is official, Connor is now 2 months old! That's if you count from the day he was actually born, but if you count from the day he was supposed be born, then I guess he is one month old.
So, at 2 months old, it is time for the second pediatrician visit!

First, the stats... Connor is now 12 lbs 5 oz, 21.5 inches long, and 38.7 cm head circumfrence. That puts him in the 95th percentile for babies born at 35 weeks for weight, 80th percentile for length, and 92nd percentile for head circumfrence. As a matter of fact, he is at 75th percentile for weight for full term babies. Yay, Connor, you caught up!

The pediatrician told us that he is doing well, his neck is getting stronger, and he looks good. He has a little bit of acid reflux, so she prescribed us some antacids for that. We haven't been able to try them yet, because Wallgreens was out of stock. They also checked his jaundice level again, and it turns out he has a little bit left, but not much, and nothing to worry about at this point.

Now, the "aww poor baby" part. During the second month, they do a second round of immunizations for various things. As I mentioned before, they also had to check him for jaundice. I think he may be used to the jaundice test. Of course he cried. Well, maybe we are used to the jaundice test, but we had him calmed down pretty quick after that one.

But, the immunization shots are another thing entirely.We had him calmed down and laying on the table, because I knew that Ann wouldn't want to see him get the shots. They looked like fairly small needles, but of course they should be, because he is small. The nurse stuck the needle into his inner thigh. Connor got so mad that he couldn't even cry! His face turned red, his mouth opened, but nothing came out. I knew that he was very pissed off. There was a good 5-10 seconds that he was so mad, he opened his mouth and nothing came out. I told Ann while it was happening, and after that a nasty scream came out, but by that time the shot was over.



We managed to calm him down, and it was sad to see him like that at the time, but now it is almost funny to think that he got that mad. On the car ride on the way back, as to be expected, he fell asleep, and was fine when we got home. We have had a good weekend with him. It is always nice to be able to spend some time together.