Wesley's Stats

Wesley had his 2 month check up yesterday, which was actually a week late but his doctor was out of town. He weighs 11 and half lbs and is 22 inches long, so for a 5 week period he gained almost 3 lbs and only an inch this time. He is perfectly healthy, however during the exam he refused to turn his head to his left and his head is slightly flatter on the right side meaning he is favoring it over his left. The doctor tried making noise on his let side then had me talk to him to try to get him to turn and he just wouldn't do it. There is also a reflex babies have where if you pull one arm straight they will turn their head to that side and curl up the other arm. This reflex worked for his right side but not his left. Because this can become a problem later on we are going to go see a physical therapist to have him further evaluated. He may have just been being stubborn because I have seen him sleep with his head to the left and I usually hold him with his head in my left arm so he has to turn his head to the left to see the tv. We will probably just have to pay more attention and do special exercises with him to make sure both sides develop equally. He also recieved his first big round of shots, which I thought he handled pretty well considering he got stuck 4 times! He cried for about a minute then fell asleep and slept pretty much all afternoon. Then about 6 hours after the shots he just started screaming. The nurse had said not to give him any medicine because they can mask a reaction but he seemed to be in so much pain we went ahead and gave him some tylenol and about 15 minutes later he quieted down and fell asleep in my arms. I figured that if he hadn't had a reaction yet he probably wasn't going to have one. Plus the information the nurse gave me said to go head and give tylenol...silly when people give you conflicting information!