So we went to the Doctor today and didn't get a 5 star report. First they measured P and he was 26 1/4 inches long(50%)! He grew an inch and a 1/4 since his 4 month check up. Then they weighed my buddy....and this is the part that didn't go to well. My little P had lost almost one pound since his 4 month check up!!! This blew my mind! I knew he was small, but I thought he had gained at least to 12 or 12.5 lbs......by no means could I have imagined that he would have lost weight! At his 4 month check up he weighed 11Lbs 11oz and when they weighed him today, the scale went down to 10lbs15oz! My heart sunk in my stomach and I immediately began to blame myself....placing the all powerful 'Mom Guilt' upon my shoudlers. How could this be? The past month I had started supplementing formula b/c A)being sick with walking pnuemonia brought my supply down and B)he was eating more than I could supply even if I wasn't sick. Not to mention he was eating fruits, some veggies, oatmeal and cereal! The Doctor was a little concerned and wanted to run tests, so they took a bunch of blood from P. (Waiting for these results I tried to stay positive, but couldn't help to worry a little.) Thank God above Parker's test results came back A-okay!!!!! Turns out, P just happens to have a high metabolism!(P.S.Why couldn't this happen to me?) We have been ordered to pump him full with as much food as possible and add more formula powder to his bottles to make it more concentrated. Next Friday(1/21) we will go back to the Doctor and see if he has gained any weight. Fingers crossed, he will have gained weight! So, if you're still reading this realllllly long post, below are chair pictures. (He was NOT amused when I was taking these pictures because he was sick with a cold....poor guy you can see it in his eyes.) From here on out, Mark and I will be on 'Operation Beef Up' (that was named by Caroline!) to make sure that we turn little p in to a BIG P!!! We'll keep you posted! :)
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