After a reschedule due to the snow and ice, Maxwell and I made our way to the pediatrician yesterday.  It was a GREAT report all around.  Dr. Walley looked at his stats and said, “I think this is the definition of thriving!”  Hooray!  Maxwell is up to 15 lbs which is in the 50% to 75%.  Chubbo!  We love all his rolls!  The most surprising number is his height.  He grew 3 inches since his last appointment and, at 26 inches, is still in the 95% for height!  what?!  Now, he might slow down on this growth and average out but you never know. He could be a tall dude!  This definitely explains why all of his outfits look like knickers on him!  🙂  The doctor also thinks he’s starting teething which explains all the chewing…on everything.  We’re going to wait until 6 months to start rice cereal because that’s how Dr. Walley rolls.  Fine with me.  Things are working great as they are now so why mess with success?!

Here’s a few iphone pics from the appointment:

Happily playing while waiting for the doc…

Not very happy with the 4 needles that were stuck in his leg…

Am I a bad momma for taking that photo?  I was comforting him, I promise!  🙂

Poor, pitiful leg…

Not to worry though, he was calmed down a few minutes later and we were on our way home!

So glad to get a good report from the doctor!  Hope you all have a great weekend!

Maxwell had a pediatrician appointment Monday morning and everything looks great!  He’s up to 11 lbs, 15 oz (he was 10 lbs one month ago) and is between the 50th and 75th % in weight.  I really thought he was going to weigh a bit more because he seems so chunky to me!  He grew an inch and a quarter and is now 23.5 inches long which is in the 75th to 95th % for height!  Maybe we’ll have a tall guy after all!  His head grew .5 cm to 15.5 cm total circumference.  He had to get several shots which was NO fun but he actually handled them very well.  A little crying but it was over quickly.

Post shots and doing fine…

Sad right leg…

and sad left leg.

The doctor is very pleased with his progress.  He’s cooing, smiling and interacting right on schedule!  We did decide to put Maxwell on Zantac last week for reflux.  He seems to be doing much better now so, even though I was hesitant to put him on medicine, I’m very glad we decided to do it.  Our little guy is moving along!

I’ve got a few more fun Halloween pictures to share as well.

Our neighborhood does a great Halloween parade every year.  Unfortunately, Robert had to go out of town on Halloween but Maxwell and I hit up the parade anyway.  While he didn’t wear his monkey suit, he was still appropriately attired in his I ♥ My Mummy tee!  He was also being toted in in his new black and white sling and I thought we looked pretty festive with my orange shirt!

There are always tons of cute kids in costume at the parade and I had fun just taking pictures of the whole event.

The little basketball player was beyond cute and the goldfish cracked me up.  His older brother was the fisherman!

Some more scenes from the parade – floats, costumes and quite a crowd!

Fun, fun!

Maxwell had his 2 week appointment with the pediatrician yesterday and he got an A+!  His weight is up to 7 lbs 15 ounces.  He was only 7 lbs at his appointment last Friday so that’s almost a whole pound in one week!  Growing boy!  He’s in the 50th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for height.  The doctor says if he stays on that height track he’ll be around 6 ft. tall!  We’ll see!  He behaved so well for the doctor and only wailed for a few minutes when he had to get his heel pricked.

So pitiful with the giant band-aid on his heel…

He was happy and content again in no time though…