First things first, the little guy had his two month health check. Let's run through the stats again.
He's growing fast. And, unlike his pops, he is growing more vertically than horizontally. Height checks in at 24 inches. That's 3 inches of growth in 6 weeks, good stuff. This puts him in the 86th percentile (up from 62nd).
Next up was the head check. He stayed at the 13th percentile measuring in at 15 inches (up from 13.7 inches). That triggered this exchange:
Brooke: Is 13th percentile concerning?
Doctor: Not at all. Head size is genetic. (Doc looks at me briefly and then at Brooke) I'm thinking that he got his head size from his mom.
Me: Touche.
Weight gain is going great. He tips the scales at 12 pounds 2.5 oz. That's 62nd percentile, up from 27th. Crazy to think that the little chub is taller than he is heavy -- but I guess the numbers don't lie.
And yeah, we don't really know protocol on when you stop posting naked photos of your kids to public websites. We'll error on the safe side so that Jax's high school nemesis in 2026 can't type "Jax" and "penis" into Google and find anything compromising.
In summary:
Doctor reports that Jax is healthy and let us know that all of our nervous parent concerns are no problem (shoulder pops, vein in nose, sleep schedule, traveling, loud environments, etc). Jax also might hate shots (got three of them) more than his dad.
Here's a quick video... he showcases the lungs a bit here if you haven't been lucky enough to hear him cry.
What do you do after a tough doctor's visit? DAIRY QUEEN! Plus, the little guy wanted to celebrate his two month birthday by watching his parents eat ice cream. Really, he loves it!
On second thought, ice cream comes from milk. Maybe Jackson can have just one bite?
Celebrating the two month birthday...
Hanging out with his bear (from Grandpa Scrivner) in the crib.
Wondering what the heck his mom is doing.
Finally, for any serious Jax Groupies out there - he's a 90 second video of him playing with a rattle and basically being a rock star. And no, I'm not biased.
New section for the blog. Jax Trivia! Feel free to post answers to the Comment section.
Brooke and I were shocked today when the doctor found a little bit of yeast growing in this body crevice. Where was it? (no, it's nothing lewd)
Brooke and I were shocked today when the doctor found a little bit of yeast growing in this body crevice. Where was it? (no, it's nothing lewd)
Go Jax! That was a great posting Kevin...after all the grief you got over Jax potentially having a huge head, I am glad he is silencing all of them! For the record, Kate had her 9 mo appt a couple weeks ago and her dome is huge - 90 percentile...wow. We're just going with the thought that she will be smart!
ReplyDeleteWe will all be in Denver June 21 through the 25 if we can work getting the kiddos together.
- Hartman's
I'm going to guess the neck folds is where the yeast was growing.
ReplyDeleteNeck is not the right answer. Schmillen was in with neck and thigh, not it. Brooke Grey weighed in with tongue--also incorrect.
ReplyDeleteOdd - Graff's kid is growing tall, but not out. And Hartman's kid has a large noggin. Very interesting...
ReplyDeleteAbove his eyelids?
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I'm going with toes.
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