6 Week Check-Up

This morning Whitten and I dropped Lillian of at PDO and went to visit Dr. Walley for Whitten's six week check up. My sweet boy is HUGE, much bigger than Lillian was at this age. But seeing him tip the scale didn't surprise me to much because I am the one who feeds that little boy and he eats constantly! Whitten's check up was pretty uneventful-I remember having a lot more questions for Dr. Walley the first time around- and we were out of there pretty quickly.


Here are John Whitten's stats:


• Weight: 11 lbs 13 oz (75-95th percentile)
• Height: 23 1/4 inches (90th percentile)
• Head Circumference: 15 inches (50th percentile)


Just in the last week Whitten is starting to stay awake for longer periods of time during the day. And as of right now he is only getting up once or twice a night to eat. Last night he slept until 4:00 AM before waking up to eat and then went right back to sleep and slept until 7:30 when Lillian woke him up. Shaun and I argue over whether or not he likes to be swaddled- I say yes but Shaun swears he hates it. Already I can tell a big difference in Lillian and Whitten's personalities at this age. When it came to nursing Lillian was all business. She was in and out in five minutes or less. But Whitten will hang out forever if I let him; and I usually do. He will stare up at me and make the sweetest sounds. I LOVE IT! The other big difference is that Whitten likes to be held much more than Lillian did. She did not really care if I put her down or held her, but Whitten definitely wants to be held and cuddled.

Time seems to be flying by and we have gotten use to being a family of four. Lillian loves to Whitten a so much and is constantly asking to hold him and change his diaper. She is so loving and already so motherly to him. Oh! I almost forgot...Whitten went to church for the first time a couple of Sundays ago! Shaun and Lillian had been going without us, but for the past two Sundays we have gotten to go to church as a family. Whitten is still too young for the nursery, so we have just been taking him to Sunday school with us. However I think in a few weeks I will feel more comfortable leaving him in nursery.