Lee and I took Knox to the pediatrician for his 1 month check up today, and here are his stats:
Weight: 10 pounds 2 ounces = 70 %!!
height: 22 1/2 inches = 80%!!
head: 14 1/4 = 10 %
Did you notice the first 2? Let me just tell you that we are comparing everything to my extremely TALL husband's stats when he was a baby. Lee was also a quite a chunk himself when he was a wee babe...so chunky that he seriously couldn't fit his tongue into his mouth. This is no lie. I have several pics to back me up on this, thanks to Lolli. Anyways, at this point, Lee was only 9 pounds 6 ounces and 21 1/4 inches tall. Does this mean that I will have to break my neck to look at BOTH my husband AND my son when I am talking to them?? Lee was dancing around the doctors office when he saw how tall he was and how much he weighed. When I saw how quickly he has grown, my mouth dropped...
Our pediatrician is an elder at our church, and we LOVE him (we just found out that we are in his mentor group as well, so we are super pumped). While he was giving us all the info, he was practically laughing himself out of his chair when he said that Knox has gained 45 ounces in 30 days. My natural response was, "Is that normal?? Should I be concerned?" And he replied with, "Regan! It's great! Totally fine and healthy (as he continues to laugh)." I then ask what the norm was for most babies and he said, "Well...typically at this point they gain about 30 ounces in 30 days." WHAT?! Am I raising a sumo wrestler over here??? Sad thing is that my milk production is not quite keeping up with Knox by the late afternoon / nighttime so I am going to have to give him an ounce or 2 of formula after breast milk (I am hoping this explains some crankiness that he has had in the late afternoons). I now have visions of Knox as an adolescent teenager eating me out of house and home. Haha. Seriously, I am just glad he is healthy and I actually love the thought of raising a bunch of tall boys (hopefully we will have more sons built like daddy):). I know that we really can't tell just from these stats what his actual size will be, but I have always joked and said that I can see our future Christmas cards with Lee, Knox, and how ever many other sons we have towering over me (I feel like we will be an all boy family for some reason!). Now it looks like the joke just might become a reality!
Naturally, I have to run and go feed Knox, but here are some quick pics from over the last month...
Daddy and Knox:
Passed out:
On my 1 month bday:
sleeping through bath time :)
First time at church:
P.S... does the 10 % stat for the size of his head mean that he will have a pea head? Haha. I hope not!
Haha, yall were right on with the 10 pound guess last weekend! Also, Reese is just 1/2 inch taller and almost 3 months older! I have a feeling he will be surpassing her in a few short months! But really, did Knox have a choice but to be tall??
ReplyDeleteRegan-that is great. And it reminds me so much of Jeremiah. Jeremiah almost doubled his birth weight in a month and our pediatrician was laughing as well. (He went from 6 lb 11 oz to 12 lb) And he had/has a tiny head. But just to comfort you (if you need that) Jeremiah is small now. His weight gain slowed down majorly and now he is in the low percentile for weight. But you could have a big boy too! You never know.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you have a future Alabama football player on your hands! It is great to hear that you have such a strong support system there. It just shows how God provides when you follow him instead of trying to lead.
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