One Month Stats

Yesterday was Peyton's one month visit to the doctor. We got to meet his primary care physician at last - he was at a conference the week Peyton was born. Dr. Glinder was referred to us by a coworker/friend of mine; he's bee caring for her now 6-year old daughter since birth. Peyton responded really well to him so I think he's a keeper!

Peyton now weighs 9 pounds, 14 ounces and is 22 inches long. His head circumference is 37.7 centimeters. As a reminder, he was 7 pounds, 1 ounce at birth. He measured 19.25 inches and his head circumference was 34.8 centimeters.

Dr. Glinder is extremely pleased with his growth and overall progress. And, as with everyone who meets Peyton for the first time, his first reaction was "Wow, look at all that hair!". :-)

But the visit didn't end as nicely as it had started as it was time for Peyton's second Hepatitis-B shot. The poor thing was happily gurgling until the needle went in at which point he let out a blood curdling howl. I picked him up right away and was able to console him, but for the rest of the day, he wasn't happy unless he was in my or James' arms - which we happily obliged him with.

Here's a picture of Peyton in James arms. He really is growing!

He always looks at James like this. He perks up when he hears his voice and follows him with his eyes when James is walking around in his line of sight. Very cute!