At Gentry's 9 month check up, shortly after his ear tubes, the pediatrician was not happy that he dropped in weight percentiles and only gained a few ounces since his 6 month check up. I was devastated! She explained that his body was working so hard to rid himself of the infection that didn't leave a lot to produce weight on his bones. So, a weigh in was necessary in 6 weeks. Fast forward to Monday, the big weigh in and boy was I nervous. But, little guy didn't disappoint and gained 1lb and 10oz (and grew 3/4")!!! Yeah! That brought him back to the 10th percentile for weight and took a huge weight off my heart and mind. The icing on the cake--ear is looking AWESOME! We decided to celebrate by getting his 1st flu shot...lucky guy :)
On a side note, it is not lost on me that my oldest has to go on weigh ins for being "so big" and my youngest for being "so small". I love seeing motherhood from both sides!
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