Tuesday, November 8, 2011

7 Week Doctor Visit

We went to the pediatrician today for Gray's 2 month appointment.  I scheduled it a few weeks before he turned 2 months because we will be pretty busy for the next few weeks, and, the sooner he gets his first round of shots, the better P and I feel about taking him out of the house more often.  (I am really suffering from cabin fever!)
We are so excited that Grayson weighed in at 10.98 pounds and is 22.75 inches long!  That puts him in the 50th percentile for weight and 63rd percentile for length.  That is a far cry from the 5th-10th percentile he was in at his two week appointment.  It is nice to know that he is getting enough food and growing like he is supposed to.
It wouldn't be a trip to the pediatrician's office for us without some bad news to go with it.  The Doctor thinks that she heard a heart murmur when she was listening to his heart and lungs this morning.  She has referred us to the pediatric cardiologist at Texas Children's for an Echo.  We are praying that it is small and that it will fix itself, but we will know more once they can see it.  The Doctor also thinks that Gray may have torticollis, which is a tightening in his neck.  We have noticed that Grayson prefers to face one direction (to his right) while sleeping or hanging out in the SARD.  If he does have torticollis, we think that it is a very mild case, but we are to monitor it and make sure to turn his head in the other direction whenever we can in order to avoid a flat spot on his head.  Aaaand, after talking about Grayson's crying lately, she seems to think that we may have a colicky baby on our hands as well.  She suggested a book for us to read and some soothing techniques to use with him.
I think we'll stay away from the Doctor's office for a while...too much bad news!  Juuuust kidding!  
This picture has nothing to do with this post - it is just cute :)

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