Dexter is already showing great progress in his development. He follows movement with his eyes, he crains his neck to find mommy when he hears her, and has been holding his head up for several minutes at a time.
He is doing well in all aspects. The suspected case of Jaundice turned out to be nothing, at least nothing the doctors would label as jaundice. He still shows some lingering yellowish tints, but they are going away. He is sleeping great and has had a few 4 hour stretches. He eating patterns are somewhat of a mystery however. James and I have begun calling him a lazy eater. He'll eat for 5-10 minutes and be fully content. If you wait an hour however you'll find a screaming kid who is too worked up to eat, but is famished. He also gets hiccups at least every other day. Poor guy, they wreak havoc on his whole body.
We had a two week visit at the Doctors office for our little guy. He is doing very well and the nurses couldn't get enough of him (I sometimes wonder if they do that for everyone, which doesn't make it as special as it should be- oh well).
We found out today what the percentile measurements mean- 50% is average, anything above that is larger than average, and anything below that is smaller than average. For his height he is the 60% percentile, 23% for his head size and a measly 9% for his weight. The weight didn't seem to be that big of an issue because he gained a full pound since leaving the hospital (he was expected to gain a minimum of 1/2 lb.) I suppose the label of "lazy eater" has been missplaced.
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