Eighteen Month Well Check & The New Pediatrician

The day has finally arrived!!! It has been months in the making & it WAS a process but we finally had our first appointment with the boys new pediatrician. I will say Dr J was worth the effort & wait.
It is funny though how different, different doctors & practices are.

The boys did fantastic, doctors appointments are a lot different now with 3 walkers that want to explore everything!!! We are there for way too long to expect them to just sit & relax anymore so once they were all weighed & tucked away in our own room, I set the boys free to explore...
Luckily there was not much to the room we were in, an exam table, stool, chair & a tall empty cabinet that Kellan thought was great for getting in & playing peek-a-book with his brothers.

Just for the record, I did not take them to the doctor in the halloween pj's, it was cold & they were worn as under shirts with sweatshirts :)



Now for the good stuff...

Garren weighs 23.9 pounds, he is 32" tall & has a head circumference of 48cm.
Kellan weighs 29.2 pounds, he is 33 1/4" tall & has a head circumference of 48cm.
Caden weighs 29.4 pounds, he is 33 3/4" tall & has the big head at 50cm :o)

It seems like a huge gap between Garrens weight & the other 2, but it is fine. He is on the same growth curve he has been & it is just a more gradual growth & becoming more obvious. Our old doctor gave us percentiles for their adjusted (premature) age & this one gave it to me in actual age. The good news is they are on the actual age chart. Dr J said that they don't expect babies this premature to even make it on the chart until age 2. Garren is in the 25th percentile, Caden & Kellan are in the 85th percentile. 85th percentile for actual age is just CRAZINESS for 29 weekers!!!

They had an Autism screen today, it was just a bunch of questions I had to answer about each of the boys. They all did very well & do not show any signs of Autism.

They got 3 vaccines & a flu shot and are now up to date on vaccines until they are 4. YAY!!! for no more shots for a long time!!! The boys do cry when they get their shots but they are usually over it by the time we leave & this time they weren't cranky or anything afterwards or the rest of the day :o)