K Baby had his 2 month appointment today with the pediatrician. I had a few concerns to talk to her about and she was able to address all of them and make me feel better. It's hard to be a mommy and think that something might be wrong with your little one.
When K Babe was born his right testicle had not dropped. When we went for his 2 week check up she said that she would give it until his 4 month check up and if it hadn't dropped by that point that she would send us to a specialist. Well... it still hasn't dropped and to be honest I don't think that it plans on dropping anytime soon (or ever, for that matter). I talked to her about it today and she examined him. She said that everything is fully developed it just is sitting higher than normal. She explained that it's a simple fix and that she sees many, many, many babies like this. I guess we will just wait and see what it looks like at 4 months. If nothing has changed we will visit a Pediatric Urologist and go from there. All in all, I'm not too concerned about it. It seems to be a pretty common issue.
My second concern is over his head shape. When he was in the nursery at the hospital the Dr. told us that he liked to turn his head to the left. She told us that we needed to make sure that he turned to the right so that he didn't get a flat spot. We have done everything in our power to get him to sleep on his right side (ie. side sleeper) but his head is still more flat than I would like. When I talked to the Dr. about this she agreed. His head is forming, but slowly. Mr. Dubs and I have been talking about this for several weeks now and have been trying everything to make sure that he doesn't lay on the flat spot. Over the last 2 weeks we have seen significant improvement but its still flat on the left side. Our Pedi told us to keep doing what we are doing, that it's working. If his head isn't looking any better by his next visit (2 more months) then we can go see a Craniologist. We can talk with them about getting a helmet. A friend of ours has a little boy that is wearing one and it's so stinking cute! I am just hoping that it will correct it's self so that we don't have to pay for the helmet. Since it is only used to correct the skull for cosmetic purposes, Insurance doesn't cover the cost. From my understanding they are quite expensive. About $3500 to be exact.
As for teething... she said that he might not cut teeth anytime in the next month, but that he is indeed starting the process. There obviously isn't much you can do about it expect keep them as comfortable as possible.
As for everything else, he is perfect! He is hitting all of the required developmental milestones. He followed her finger, lifted his head, was sitting tall and proud (with assistance of course), etc. He was such a happy baby and even gave her a few smiles. Overall, the appointment went wonderful and she was very happy that he is doing so well. The Dr. isn't that concerned with the two things listed above, but me, being his mommy and all, I am. I just want him to be perfect... like all mommy's want for their kids.
Here are his official 2 month stats:
Weight: 13 lbs 4oz (95%)
Length: 24 1/2 (95%)
Head: 15 1/2 (50%)
Not much expression on his face, but cute nonetheless
Oh.. and I was contacted by the News Paper to publish the 5 Generational Family Photo. I will be submitting that today and hopefully I will be able to share it soon.
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