2 year stats

We went for Noah's 2 year well check last Friday. This gave us his official 2 year growth statistics. The interesting thing about the 2 year growth stats is that height at age 2 is a rough predictor of what your adult height will be. Double the height at age 2 and that's what you'll be as an adult (roughly). I have no idea how tall I was or Mike was at age 2 so I couldn't tell you if this worked for us. All I know is that we've had a big boy since he was born and we were both curious if he's stayed on that big side of the growth curve. So, drumroll please....

Height: 36.75 inches (90-95th percentile)

Weight: 33.0 lbs (90-95th percentlie)

Head circumference: 51.5 cm (>95th percentile)

So far, he's remained big. He still has the same big head that got stuck on the way out as I like to say. But it is the cutest big head. A height of 36.75 inches now would be 73.5 inches or 6ft 1.5 inches as an adult. Who knows if he'll really get to that height. And who knows if I'll actually remember that at age 2 we thought he'd be 6'1.5" but it's fun to think about!

All in all he's doing great. We had a lenghty discussion with Dr. Chang about his picky eating and are enforcing a strict "Noah must eat the same thing Mommy and Daddy eat" (at least for dinner) even if that means he chooses not to eat anything. We've had a few rough nights. Tonight I made enchiladas. All he ate was a few bites of beans. Oh well. He's definitely not having any growth problems! It's hard for me though and hopefully he'll grow out of this soon. We did request that they check his hemoglobin to make sure the picky eating hadn't caused any anemia and he was perfect with that so we don't even have to worry about supplements at this point which makes me feel better.

He still has an innocent heart murmur but nothing to worry about. Ear tubes are in place and despite a few nasty infections earlier this year appear to be in good shape and doing their job. Otherwise a pretty uneventful visit.

Noah is starting to recognize our pediatrician now and tries to say Dr. Chang. We really love him-he does a great job with Noah, interacting with him and doing all the right things to make Noah more comfortable with him. He always gives him high 5's and "knuckles" which Noah loves. He also takes plenty of time with us and doesn't make us feel rushed. And also has a good balance of respecting my knowledge as a nurse without also asumming I already know whatever it is that he's talking about. And he does a good job of speaking directly to both Mike and me when we're there together (we've had issues before-with my OB-who rarely aknowledged Mike). It's so nice to have a doctor that you really like. If anyone in Austin/Pflugerville/Round Rock is looking for a pediatrician check out Treehouse Pediatrics http://www.treehousepedi.com/ . We see Dr. Chang but have heard wonderful things about all the providers there and have been going there since Noah was born.