Noah Cardiel Holt | My life according to other people

Noah had his one year check up yesterday.  It’s a big visit, if only because this is the visit where they draw blood.  Noah is now 29.5 inches tall, he weighs 18 lb 6 oz, and his head is 17.8 inches.  He’s pretty average for his height, but he is low in weight.

(Photo below by Kate)

Numbing patches to try and make things a little less painful.

Burgers make everyone feel better.

Noah weighed in at 17 lbs. 5 oz. yesterday and he’s 27.8 inches tall.  The doc said he is eating well and looking great.

Noah weighed in at 15 lbs. 10 oz. on Thursday when we went for his 6 month check up.  He’s 26.8 inches tall and his head is 43.5 cm, and best of all I got my new favorite picture of him.

Ears are all clear.

Next scheduled doctor visit will be in June, when Noah will be 9 months.

We had a trip this week to the pediatrician (or as I say to Kate “the pediatrist”).  The trip didn’t start out well.  It was maybe 35º out, and as usually I was rushing to get out and forgot to set Noah up with his blanket.  Mom went running when she noticed.

Luckily the rest of the trip went as planned and Noah weighed in at 13 lb. and 14 oz.  He’s 25 inches tall and the doctor seemed to think we were doing a good job with him.  Phew.

Today was another weigh in…  The medical establishment wants to see how Noah is growing.  So much pressure.  Luckily Noah is calm under pressure (unless by pressure you mean going to bed, getting in his car seat, or being hungry).

Luckily Noah passed all of these “tests”.  He is growing nicely.  He is 24.5 inches long (which is in the 67th percentile for kids his age) and weighs 12 lbs. 8 oz. (30th percentile).  He also got two shots which we can say he was less then calm for.

Kate had a hard time seeing Noah cry after his shots so we went for ice cream to help ease the pain.