Weight: 21.4 lbs, 30% among other boys his age
Length: 29.5 in, 45% among other boys his age
Head Circumference: 18 1/8 in, 40% among other boys his age
His little head is finally in line with the rest of his body! Lucas has always been 40-50% with weight and length, but the doctor said that his curve looks normal, so it's not a big deal that he's only 30% in weight now.
The rest of the appointment was pretty uneventful. Lucas is waking up twice a night again - Dr. Wiles said we can either let him cry until he learns to put himself to sleep (again), or get up with him when he wakes up. Pretty simple. He said what is important is to make a choice and not be tense about it...for example don't let him cry if we really don't want to. Lately I go to bed around 10 and get up at 7, but lose an hour with getting up with Lucas. There were several months in a row when I'd have done just about anything for 8 hours of sleep, so it doesn't seem that bad right now. I guess it's all relative.
He told us we may want to start working on using the pacifier less and that it may be more of a crutch for us than Lucas. Today we only let him have it for naps and it was just fine. Well, I did let him have it for one of his diaper changes, but afterwards we stood by his crib and I sang, "Binkies away, binkies away, time to put the binkies away"...and then we threw it into his crib and Lucas laughed. We'll see how tomorrow goes.
Lucas didn't even make a sound when he got his shot. What a big boy!
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Big boy...sounds like Lucas is growing into a strong little boy!!!!
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