This past week VJ had his 3-month "well checkup". The doctor says VJ looks great. I learned that VJ is now in the 75%-ile for height and weight. Below is a record of his measurements over the past 3 months, which I personally find very interesting. I'm very happy that he seems to be growing well.
Also, incidentally, VJ has just started daycare three days per week this week, as I have had to start teaching my class at UCLA. VJ's daycare provider reports that VJ is a "very very very good boy," which also makes me proud. If asked to describe VJ's personality at the present I would use the following adjectives: calm and mellow (unless he is inordinately hungry or sleepy), very observant and curious, and happy and cheerful.
Signing off,
VJ's proud mommy, Ann Marie
Post Script: Shortly after I wrote this update, VJ came down with his first cold - almost hours after he had gotten a perfect bill of health from his doctor. He is fighting the cold like a trooper - sometimes even giving us short smiles between bouts of coughing, troubled wheezing, and sneezing. Needless to say, it's hard to watch a newborn feel sick - of all the things he has to learn to get used to in the world, we hate for him to think that this cold is "normal". In any event, as to be expected, we can't wait til the little bub gets all better - hopefully in the next couple of days...
2/9/09 weight: 16 lbs 8 oz
head circumference 16.75 inches
length: 25 inches
80th percentile for weight
"average" percentile for height
1/8/09 weight: 14 lbs 12 oz
head circumference 16.25 inches (first time measured)
length: 24.5 inches
75th percentile for height and weight
12/8/08 weight: 12 lbs 7 oz
length: 23.25 inches
60th percentile for height and weight
10/23/08 weight: 7 lbs 13 oz
length: 20.5 inches
10/15/08 weight: 7 lbs 2 oz
length: 20.25 inches
10/7/08 AT BIRTH
- already not sure about this and will have to ask Scott, but -:
weight: 7 lbs 12 oz
length: 20 inches
Note: Although these figures seem promising (I'd like to think that VJ is going to grow up to big and strong!!!), the doctor told me that VJ's current size "rankings" vis-a-vis his peers are NOT necessarily indicative of how big he will be later in life...
Sunday, January 11, 2009
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