growth and development

i forgot to mention in earlier entry : we brought Harris to the clinic too yesterday ( in between the two photo shop visits). he was supposed to get his two months old vaccination jab but the nurse refused to do so as he is 3 days younger than 2 months old. what pissed me off was the fact that THEY were the ones who gave the appointment date and said it was ok. nurses... sigh. anyway , let's put that aside. 
You Harris, however, was still weighed and measured. 5.3 Kg and 54 cm in length. I am amazed and honoured.me being a paediatrician in the making ( uhuk uhuk) absolutely will chart up your growth even when the nurses didn't ( n i tell you they should!) so here they are :

Growth chart taken from About.Paediatric . click on the picture to enlarge.

 

 

you started off at a 5th centile ( which means 5 % of babies your age weigh similarly or below) and now at two months old you have catched up to 50th centile! that's ma boy :)

i also, just now,  incidentally elicited that you have bilateral ankle clonus sustaining about 3 to 4 beats. made my heart skip a couple of beats before i could think properly again. how could i not be when clonus might indicate a high motor neuron abnormality ( like cerebral palsy for instant)!however,  i believe it is normal to have clonus at this age provided it was not too prolonged and no other signs of neurological deficit. Harris, you are growing well in all aspect - gross motor, socially, vision and hearing - therefore this finding is likely to be part of your normal development eventhough not all infants have it.it'd better be so... we'll see in a few months.

you see mothers, this is the reason why clinic follow up is vital - to ensure that babies grow up well and free from any condition that might not be apparent at birth or early neonatal period and thats why you need to plot the chart so that you know that your child is still within the majority wagon.