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9-month stats

We had Silas & Zoe's 9-month well baby visit yesterday. Here are the stats.

SILAS:
23 pounds (82nd percentile)
30-1/2 inches (96th percentile)
46-1/2 cm head circumference

ZOE:
19-1/2 pounds (57th percentile)
28-1/2 inches (76th percentile)
46 cm head circumference

Zoe has always been a skinny little thing, so Dr. Rundquist was very impressed with her catch up. We decided to have Silas checked out by a neurologist at Children's to make sure his toe standing isn't anything to worry about. He is able to stand flat-footed, he just seems to prefer to stand on the balls of his feet. Our PT & OT have been keeping on eye on this, and combined with some stiffness in his legs there is a possibility that he has a tethered spinal cord. I'll write an update about this once we've seen a neurologist.

The well baby visit appointments are always long with two babies, but thankfully we only had to get one vaccine each this time so it wasn't too bad. We even got to pick out two board books to take home, given to every family as a part of the Reach Out and Read program! We always love adding new books to the collection :)

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