Ben and Caroline's Well Checks

Today was Caroline's 4 mo. well check and Ben's 4 yr. well check. Caroline was as follows:

Weight: 14 1/2 lbs (75% percentile)
Height: 25 inches (75% percentile)
Head: 16 1/2 inches (85-90 percentile)

He addressed her eczema and is going to write a prescription for a steroid cream that we can apply when she has a lot of redness. He gave us the green light for introducing solids, although we'll postpone that another few weeks, I think. He was delighted that she already rolls from back to front, and that she can reach and grab items from our hands or from a table. She's doing well. Still sleeping a total of 12-13 hours at night with one long stretch, a meal, and then a shorter stretch. I can't complain. She got two shots and an oral vaccination and did okay.

Ben is doing well also - Dr. Mac still isn't considered about the lack of "r"s or "th"s in his speech, because he understood everything that Ben said. He thinks those will materialize this school year, as will the interest in his ABCs. Ben's stats are as follows:

Weight: 42 lbs (90-95 percentile)
Height: 42 inches (85-90 percentile)

Ben got FOUR shots and was very brave. He even got a trip to Incredible Pizza Co. with Daddy as a treat for his good nature. He cried but was sweet to the nurses and didn't try to run (unlike his brother!!). We're going to try a different allergy medicine, in an asthma spacer, to see if we get less instances of wheezing/croup/coughing. Hopefully it will help his coughing spells be fewer and far between.

That's it - a birthday post for Ben's 4th birthday is coming....