Not a whole lot to report from today, except that Cooper isn’t particularly fond of getting shots. Three of them today, plus a tube of goo. But on the bright side he has flourescent bandaids on now, so he’s ready to go raving.
In developmental terms, he’s right where he’s supposed to be.
Statistics Update:
Head circumference: 16″ (88%)
Weight: 13lb 10.5oz (79%)
Height: 24.9″ (100%)
The percentiles are best explained like this: “If your 3-month-old son is in the 40th percentile for weight and the 80th for height, for instance, that means 40 percent of 3-month-old boys in the United States weigh the same as or less than your baby and 60 percent weigh more. Similarly, 80 percent of boys his age are the same length as or shorter than your child and 20 percent are longer.”
So Cooper weighs more than about 80% of other two-month boys, has a bigger head than 88% of them, and is taller/longer than 100% of them.
He is the longest two-month-old in the country. 🙂
Way to go, kiddo.
my granddaughter was 24.9 inches when she was born
It’s funny, before having Cooper I never really understood most of these numbers. I didn’t know what was big, what was small – they were all kind of arbitrary. But now with some context… Wow! 24.9″ at birth is crazy long.