a doctor's appointment

I took B to Dr. DeHart today- the pediatrician that took care of him when he was born. We were concerned that he hadn't gained even a pound in 2 months at his 9 month appointment, and I wanted her to check on his heart murmer and his hernia. At 9 months, he weighed 15 pounds 13 oz, and today, at 10 months, he weighed 16 pounds 10 oz. So I was glad to see he gained almost a pound in a month- back to his "normal" gains. He got tall though- an inch and a quarter in the month! He's now 28 3/4 inches! That's in the 50th percentile, and his head is in the 60th percentile.

His weight is still below the charts, but she said since I was like that when I was little, we'll just keep an eye on it. If he continues to gain weight and stays in a nice curve below the charts, she'll be OK with it. If he goes even lower below the charts at his 12 month appointment, she wants us to bring him back and do bloodwork on him to make sure his blood counts are OK.

His murmer is still there- she heard it right away. I asked why Dr. Jake didn't really hear it last month, and she said with these kinds of murmers, they might come and go before they go for good, so that's why Dr. Jake might not have heard it.

Brecken's hernia is still there too- she said it's not totally uncommon in infants, and those muscles will develop later. You can see it when he arches his back, it sticks out his belly. :)

Brecken was really good at the doctor- he didn't like her looking in his ears, that made him mad, but he was smiley and waving and jabbering the rest of the time. She gave him a tongue depressor to play with to keep him busy- it was grape flavored and he sucked it all the way to lunch even. :)

Then I had to take the pickup to the Honda dealer to get something checked on the console, and the tires rotated. We ended up being there for TWO HOURS- they found a big huge ugly screw in one of the tires so they repaired it- I'm glad they found it so I didn't get a flat tire on my way home! Josh couldn't come with me today because his football team left for Sheridan to scrimmage tomorrow morning. Then he will meet me in Casper- we are going up there to meet my mom and dad, as well as my sister and her family, and hang out for the weekend. It's the only weekend we ALL can get together all summer long, so it should be fun. We'll be back on Sunday afternoon.