6 month appointment

The girls saw the pediatrician on Friday for their 6 month check-up. Paker weighed 14lbs 11oz and Addie weighed 14lbs 9oz. We laughed and said Parker must not have pooped yet! HA HA! They are both 25" long and in the 50th percentile for growth even when unadjusted for their prematurity. They have almost TRIPLED their birth weights!

They had 3 shots and one oral vaccine (for Rotavirus). Next appointment they get NO SHOTS! YEAH! Poor girls have got stabbed every 28 days since birth so they get a break at their 9 month appt.

Milestone-wise they are on par for a normal 6 month old so that is SUPER!!! She said a 34 week preemie tends to catch up faster than a preemie born even one week earlier...that explains a lot!

Next appointment she will do a quick blood test and DNA testing- she says even identical twins can not be truly identical and she thinks they should be tested. we'll find out soon enough I guess.

I asked her about them "hating" strangers and having "stanger anxiety" and she said its a milestone. She said that at 6 month check-ups she knows that the babies will hate her and her nurse and that she would worry if they didn't. That was really nice to hear...I was worried my babies were just anti-social! HA HA! Nope, they are normal!