9 Month Check-up

Lukas had his 9-month check-up yesterday. He is now 28 inches long and 21lbs. 7oz. That's about 9 inches and 14 pounds he has gained since birth. In other words, he is growing 1 inch and 2 pounds per month. I can easily gain 2 pounds per month, it's the 1 inch per month I was never able to master. He's at about 50% for height and 65% for weight- so he's healthy. He's got 2 bottom teeth and his pediatrician said that his upper gums are swollen, so she thinks his upper teeth may be coming soon. Isn't there a song that goes, "All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth...?" Maybe I'll start singing that one to Lukas.

He also got 4 shots yesterday- 2 were flu shots. I mention this because Lukas also woke up screaming last night at 2AM. He never does this. I am hoping and praying that this is not a trend. We have been spoiled because he usually sleeps around 9PM and wakes up around 7AM, mostly uninterrupted. If he does wake, he usually falls back asleep in 15 seconds. He doesn't even need a pacifier to sleep anymore. I rocked him to sleep for what seemed to be at least an hour. This is after Edwin and I stayed up too late decorating the Christmas tree. (Edwin really- I was registering Lukas for a class or something.) I think that Lukas was either having nightmares about the shots or in pain from the shots because he could not get back to sleep. I could tell that he really did try to go back to sleep too, but then he would cry really hard like he was in pain. Anyway, point of the story is that he didn't sleep well and so neither did we. We all hate it when he has to get his shots. Maybe that's why I'm rambling on today not getting any work done. Well, more so than normal anyways.