Kieran now weighs 20 lbs 15 oz. He is officially more than half my height at 31 1/2 inches tall. His head circumference is 17 1/2 inches. All good, though weight and HC in the 10% or lower. Height is 60 percentile.
Anyway - he's drinking way too much milk (which we kinda knew) so we're going to be cutting back for the next few weeks to one bottle in the morning and one bottle in the evening. Finally we'll eliminate the bottle in the morning and at the very last, the bottle before bed. That one will be a bit of a fight, I think.
The doctor would like us to get an evaluation on his delayed speech. There's a free development assessment place run by each county so I've got to call and schedule an appointment for that. He's concerned about the delay specifically because of Kieran's ears and his Tongue Tie. Likely nothing is wrong but this is just a check since he should have around 5 words or so and he has none.
The only worrisome thing is that while the doctor was feeling around Kieran's belly, he said he could feel the tip of Kieran's spleen. May just be how Kieran is put together but may be something else. So, tomorrow morning, Ken's going to get Kieran's blood drawn (yes, I am still a big chickens**t). We were just going to do a finger prick to check his iron level since I was unsure if he needed any vitamins but when the doctor felt the spleen he wants us to get some other tests done. Hopefully everything is fine, but we'll see. The doctor did not seem overly concerned about it, didn't warn me of anything to watch for.
That's pretty much it. We got to daycare and he sat and smiled for his photo. These may turn out fairly well so we'll see how much they are when they come in (probably in about a month or so). OK to work with me. Love to all, blog again soon... 3 days until BABY LOVES DISCO!!!!
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