We had Silas & Zoe's 15-month well baby visit with the pediatrician on Friday morning. I have come to dread these visits. Up until recently there has usually been some area of development that I have been worried about. Following a few of these appointments we have ended up with referrals to various specialists or we end up going over results of tests that have been done. In the last year we have been referred to genetics, orthopedics, plastic surgery, and neurology. On top of that additional stress, the well baby visits usually last 2+ hours and the kids always get shots. Now that Zoe and Silas are moving around so much, it's tough to have us all locked in a small exam room for so long. The drill has been that the nurse assistant comes in, we strip them down, and heights and weights are checked. The kids stay stripped down to their diaper until Dr. Rundquist comes in for the exam. The exams take a long time, because there's lots to discuss and check with two kids. After the exam is done, we wait again, sometimes for another 30 minutes, for the nurse to come in with the vaccines. We leave in a rush with two screaming, miserable babies. The rest of the day is typically a wash following these appointments.
Friday's visit was different. We got a bunch of snow overnight and the staff were surprised that we showed up for the visit (we were even 15 minutes early for an 8:30 appt time!). Zoe and Silas LOVED playing in the waiting room!
Now that they are "big kids", they no longer have to get undressed for height and weight. They are able to stand up on the scale to get weighed, and we only had to remove their shoes to check their height.
Here are the current stats, the percentiles are for their uncorrected age. If you take into account the fact that they were a month premature, Silas would be off the charts for height.
SILAS:
33.5" tall (96th percentile)
27.2 pounds (81st percentile)
ZOE:
32.25" tall (91st percentile)
25 pounds (79th percentile)
It's hard to believe there is only 1 inch and 2 pounds separating them now. At one point Zoe weighed 12 pounds and Silas was 16! Li'l sis is definitely catching up to her big bro :)
The wait time between each stage of this visit was much faster than it's ever been. We didn't have any concerns to talk to Dr. Rundquist about, so that felt really good too. As always, the shots were miserable (Silas even bled on his shirt), but by the time lunch came around they were back to their happy-go-lucky selves.
The well baby visits become less frequent now, and it feels so good that they are solidly on the right track. The first year for a premature twin can be pretty rough, but I think we've finally made it to the other side!
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