Statistics confirm..... he's chubby
9 1/2 weeks
Evan had his two month well-baby visit yesterday. First, the doctor came in and saw that Evan was doing his little standing/crouching exercises on my lap, and he said, "oh, I usually look for that at the four month visit." Yup, he's a strong man.
He's also chubby. At 14 1/2 pounds, he is in the ninety-fifth percentile for weight and the fifty-fifth percentile for height. He's also in the one-hundredth percentile for cute.
The doctor brought up the reflux issue again. He said he had talked to the other doctor who we'd seen (the second doctor who tried to convince us he didn't have reflux) and that both doctors strongly feel he does not have reflux -- just colic. So I am wondering-- did the third doctor prescribe us the medicine because she sensed that was the only way we would stop complaining and bringing him in? Did she prescribe it just to make us, the parents, happy?
Anyway, we're back once again to not giving him the Zantac, which is probably for the better since he was spitting it all out anyway. But like Jerry and I had told the doctors, we weren't motivated to give him drugs per se, we just want him to be well and happy.
If it is colic, it should clear up soon. I think on average it clears up by 12 weeks.
He also had his shots yesterday. He had fallen asleep while we were waiting for the injection doctor to call us in, and I asked if she thought he might stay asleep during the shots, and she almost laughed at me. As soon as she stuck his chubby little thigh, his eyes crunched up, he turned bright red and started screaming. Then she did it twice more in the other leg. Then I picked him up and 5 seconds later he was asleep again.