So Basically...
Ben had another doctor's appointment this morning and another round of shots, fun! He did so good and only cried a little when he got pricked and that was mostly because he was in the process of falling asleep and was a little grumpy. The appointment took forever because there was only one nurse working and there was a substitute doctor.
But to give you an update on his size, etc, Ben is 16 pounds, 26 1/4" and his head circumfrence is 16." He's in the 95th percentile for height, 90th for weight and 60th for his head. The doctor looked at me after telling me all this and said "So basically he's the size of an average 5month old." Ouch! But then she says, he's not fat, just long and skinny and perfect. I'm curious to how he compares to Abby and Mary so let me know their sizes! When I told mom his size today she said that she remembers after she broke her hip she asked her doctor if she could pick up Anna, who was 5 months old at the time. The doctor asked how much Anna weighs and Mom said 16 pounds!
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Since we are in the middle of switching insurances and pediatricians, I do not have another appointment for Mary until the end of the month. I have had not idea how big she is so I decided to try and find out for you. Keep in mind that this is all rough estimates because I only can get her weight by standing on a scale with and without her and getting the difference. And, I could not find CJ's measuring tape so I had to print a ruler off of the internet. So, this is all rudamentary! Anywho, I think she is about 14 lbs and 24.5 inches long. According to an online thinger, that is the 46th percentile for weight and 45th for height. Mary has always been just about average for everything. I think it is super cool that ben is a tall boy! I have not seen him for so long... I need to come visit you all sometime!
By the by, I plugged Ben's information into the online thinger that I was using and it said he was in the 85th percentile for weight, 95th for height, and 22 for head circumference. I do not know if their calculator is off but according to what I was looking at, Ben is just a tall kid. :-)
Thanks for the update Randi! Yeah, my scale must be off half a pound because when I weighed Ben like you weighed Mary, he was only 15 1/2 pounds. Half a pound for us grown ups isn't as bad as for the babies. It makes a big difference! I'm honestly just surprised his head is small in proportion to his body because it seems so big and unwieldy sometimes. :) We will have to get the two of them together sometime and see how they interact. Ben loves other babies! Mary's fairly average isn't she? Not too long or chubby!