Pedi appointment went well.
Nicholas is 18# 1oz (10%) and 28.75" (50-75%)
Celia is 14# 9oz (<5%) and 28" (50%) - she was 25" at 6 mos, 17 " long at birth!
2 weeks ago when they were weighed they had clothes and their cloth diapers on so they weighed a little more. Today they were in their birthday suits. :) We have a couple long, lean children on our hands. lol
Dr was impressed with their skills (sounds like Napolean Dynamite) and said he thinks Celia may catch up onto growth curve since she is doing so well. She will be petite - but she is really growing. He was commenting on her fat stores and how she has real rolls of chub (a little bit) on her legs.
Nicholas was showing off his clapping and talking skills while Celia observed everything quietly. He was impressed that they are sleeping 11-12 hours at night and napping so well (hey - a twin mom HAS to get their twins to be good sleepers) and he said aside from peanut butter and honey, they can eat pretty much everything since we don't have food allergies in our family (so they can have citrus and whole scrambled eggs now). He said he encourages me to pump as long as I want to, but before 12 mos they should take breastmilk or formula, then at 12 mos whole milk. I guess with full-term babies more drs are saying they can switch to whole milk at 9 mos, but since they were preemies he wants them on BM or formula. interesting??
Celia did not have an ear infection even though she has been ear tugging, Nicholas doesn't have hemorrhoids, but they are skin tags (could've fooled me). He said to have him drink a few oz of prune juice a day if he seems to have discomfort pooping.
It got to be quite a diificult appointment because they both got restless and fussy. I am so glad my friend, Dawn, could come to help out. I would've been crazy to go alone!!
I let them get a flu shot and they cried, but only for about 30 seconds - then they fell asleep on the ride home. I carried them into bed and they have been sleeping for almost an hour. They were tuckered out!
We grow so fast. . .
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That's funny that the dr. commented on her fat stores & rolls fo chub, that's something you can only say to a girl when she's a baby :). I didn't know that about milk either. Since ours were born at 35 weeks as well I'm sure we will go all the way to 12 months with formula. So glad to hear that they are nice and healthy - and nice and tall! Good job mom!
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