Today brought many dramatic events for the little Parkster... First of all, we had his 8 wk appointment with the pediatrician this morning. Everything went well! He is 10 lb, 4 oz now and 23 inches long - that puts him in the 22nd percentile for weight and the 58th percentile for height (both are up from the last visit). He is pretty skinny though because for his weight to height ratio he is in the 2nd percentile! We might have to beef him up a little ;) But the doctor said he is eating good and is right on track.
He also got 3 shots and one oral vaccine today - as you can guess, he didn't like that very much. He took them pretty well though. They did 2 at once then the third so it was like he only got pricked twice. She was pleased to hear he is smiling now, so that was a big check off his development list! His assignment for the next appt at 4 months is to be able to roll over and laugh. I can't wait until the laughing comes! So, to get him rolling over we will have to be diligent with our tummy time. He does good with it right now and has mastered switching his head from side to side. He also lifts his head up sometimes too just to look around.
We just opened up his play pen this last weekend for the first time and put him in it. Man does he get giddy in that thing! He just smiles and coos for a good 15 minutes straight! He loves it!
So I had a suspicion coming into this appointment that Parker might be tongue-tied (tongue attached too tight to the bottom of his mouth). Kyle thought I was crazy and just getting freaked out by things I read on the internet, but turns out I was right! My first inclination was the fact that he was taking awhile to latch on when breast-feeding, or he would just lose the latch and have to re-do several times in one feeding. So I started my investigation and found that one reason could be because he was tongue-tied. Then I realized Parker was experiencing a couple other symptoms... when he had a big open mouth cry, his tongue was in a V-shape (like the middle was tacked down). I also noticed as we were starting to wean over to bottle feeding, that certain nipples were not working. He would suck happily for 20-30 minutes and not even get a whole ounce out. I realized that those particular nipples require him to depress the part closer to the base, and I figured Parker couldn't stick his tongue out far enough to make that happen, so he wasn't getting a regular flow of formula. Anyway - we went to an ENT today and got it snipped, so he his A-OK now! He definitely didn't like it (no anesthetic), but it was quick and he was over it in a couple minutes. He got a little bit on the bottle and then his paci right afterward (apparently the sucking makes the bleeding stop!). I'm glad we went ahead and got it taken care of now to avoid any speech problems later down the road.
So needless to say, he had quite a traumatic day with the shots and the frenulum snip, but all is well now. Sorry for the lengthy post!
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