Chubby’s Big Day...(look at that belly)......
Today is tubalicious’ big day. Her 2.5 month doctor visit. For those of you who don’t know, Michelle and I saw a new pediatrician today. We were seeing the Peds at Northwestern (once), but we didn’t really care for them too much so I went back to Cigna’s website to close my eyes and pick another Pediatrician out of the blue hoping for a better experience. Today we went and saw Dr. Wilson (Karen) with Child and Adolescents Associates or something like that which is affiliated with both Northwestern and Children’s Memorial, two of the better hospitals in Chicago, especially for children.
Dr. Wilson was a breath of fresh air as she was super sweet, nice and seemed generally interested in meeting us and Maya. She seemed to be an advocate for what we wanted to do and how we wanted to do things, which was a complete shift from the factory-esque nature of NW’s Peds. Additionally, we were able to get in, get a room and be seen by the doctor all within a 1/2 - 3/4 of an hour, which to us was well over 200% better from a time waste standpoint over NW. At any rate, we really liked the new pediatrician and would recommend her to our city folk friends.
So, we took the sleeping monkey to the Dr’s office and had her weighed and measured. She is now weighing in at 12 lbs. 8oz’s. This means that she has essentially doubled her weight in 2.5 months from birth. She is a tubby one and ranks in the 90th percentile for her age. She also grew a few inches since birth. She measured 22.5”, which is about 3 inches. This measurement puts her in the 50th percentile for height. Unfortunately, it is looking like Maya may wind up with my stubby legs. Everything else checked out wonderfully and we have a “perfect” baby.
We did decide to begin the vaccination process today as well. Michelle and I had been on the fence as to whether or not we wanted to vaccinate, but ultimately decided that we should do it to be on the safe side. It is really tragic that as a parent you can’t really get a straight answer from anywhere as to whether or not vaccinations are potentially harmful to your child. The CDC says that they are all good, virtually no long last side effects. Others say that they are the cause or at least increase your child’s risk for challenges like autism and other nasty things. We are over inundated with information these days and sometimes I think that it would be better to be left somewhat in the dark. Now that we have all of this information, it really places the responsibility squarely on your shoulders as a parent, which is a hard thing to do should anything ever happen. At any rate, we decided to start the vaccination process because of Michelle’s involvement at her accupuncture clinic. She is at risk of contracting and brining home some of the things that children are vaccinated against, so we thought it best to vaccinate. We are happy with our decision and feel it is in Maya’s best interest and are now dealing with a cranky baby who is probably sore from the 5 different vaccines she was shot up with today.
Til next time....TTFN.....
Friday, September 14, 2007