Six Month Checkup

We had our six month checkup today. The kids are doing great. Not as much seemed to happen at this checkup when compared to others. I'm thinking that's because Amy and I are now old pros at parenthood. ;)

Even though the twins each had an ear infection, the doctor said their ears looked great. We were also given some tips on transitioning to solid(ish) foods.

The big news of the checkup was when the doctor said, "Oh, Caroline, you already have a tooth." Amy and I were stunned! We check both kids everyday (including yesterday) to see if any teeth are coming in and we never saw or felt a thing. Caroline was a little whiny last night and today at day care pre-pre-school so I guess that thing might have been annoying her as it fought its way out. I'll try to get a picture up of it at some point.

The kids got some more immunizations along with a flu shot. Each got three shots. Caden didn't flinch at the first shot, was upset at the second, and cried a little after the third. Caroline started crying immediately, but I think she was slightly quieter than she was last night.

Below are there stats from this visit and the previous visits. The doctor said our kids were very nicely proportioned (I agree) and that they were doing well...especially for one month pre-mature twins.

Caroline

six month:
weight: 15lbs 15 ounces and 50th percentile
height: 27 inches and 90th percentile
head circumference: 43 cm and 52nd percentile

four month:
weight: 13 lbs 6 ounces and 45th percentile
height: 25 inches and 75th percentile
head circumference: 41.3 cm and 50th percentile

two month:
weight: 11 lbs 12 ounces and 75th percentile
height: 23 inches and 75th percentile
head circumference: 39.4 cm and 53rd percentile

one month:
weight: 9 lbs 1 ounces and 50th percentile
height: 20.5 inches and 30th percentile
head circumference: 36.5 cm and 25th percentile

two week:
weight: 7 lbs 10 ounces and 25th percentile
height: 20 inches and 50th percentile
head circumference: 35.4 cm and 25th percentile

birth:
weight: 7 lbs
height: 19.375 inches
head circumference: 34 cm and 25th percentile

Caden

six month:
weight: 14lbs 15 ounces and 8th percentile
height: 25 1/4 inches and 10th percentile
head circumference: 43cm and 25th percentile

four month:
weight: 12 lbs 11 ounces and 10th percentile
height: 24 inches and 25th percentile
head circumference: 41cm and 20th percentile

two month:
weight: 10 lbs 4 ounces and 25th percentile
height: 22 1/4 inches and 25th percentile
head circumference: 38.2 cm and 12th percentile

one month:
weight: 7 lbs 13 ounces and 5th percentile
height: 20 inches and 5th percentile
head circumference: 35.8 cm and 6th percentile

two week:
weight: 6 lbs 4 ounces and 5th percentile
height: 19 inches and 6th percentile
head circumference: 33.9 cm and 5th percentile

birth:
weight: 5 lbs 10 ounces
height: 18.125 inches
head circumference: 32.3cm and 5th percentile

Here are a couple graphs I quickly made of the twins height. (I'm a dork.) And yes, I know time is not evenly distributed over the x-axis but I think it gets the point across. (The time issue just makes the lines curve up a little more than they actually do.)
Even though Caroline is still quite a bit larger than Caden, it is nice to see they are growing about the same rate. (Though Caroline did grow taller a little faster over the last couple months.) Sometimes I feel like Caroline is massive compared to our little man, but these graphs tell me he'll get there. It might take a few years, but Caden will pass big sis.