Thursday, October 4, 2007

Hearty, Healthy Kid

Apparently, we raise healthy, hearty babies in the Wood family. We had an inadvertent trip to the doctor's office yesterday. We were convinced something must be wrong with Josiah. He had woken up multiple times during the night for 3 nights in a row & was not eating super-well. What loving, happy child wakes his parents up multiple times unless there is something wrong?!? Certainly not MY son, who is soooo close to sleeping through the night...I can almost taste a full night of sleep coming...perhaps that led to my frustration and certainty that something was wrong with him. Anyway, we took him to the doctor and he was declared "perfectly healthy & normal". I kept asking the doctor to double-check, but there was no explanation and we were basically told that he's just a baby and babies do things like this. To top it off, Josiah smiled, giggled, and played with the doctor the whole time...not a tear in sight. What a turkey! We did find out that he now weighs 14 lbs, 11 oz. He's gained 2 1/2 lbs in about 7 weeks! Must be the gobs of peanut butter I eat daily :) So, we had our first trip to the doctor where we truly felt like "first-time parents" just searching for an answer. Oh well, I am sure they see plenty of people like us. YAY for parenting, not much sleep, and unpredictability!

2 comments:

Mimi said...

Thank goodness for HEALTHY unpredictable babies! Parenting is such an adventure :) Hang in there - you all are doing a great job as parents (obviously)

Debbie said...

When our girls pulled stuff like that we always chalked it up to a spurt in brain development. Josiah is just getting smarter!!

Hang on, it's a roller coaster ride!
Love, Aunt Debbie