Took JL & JY to the doctor today for their appointment. Raining cats and dogs when I left the office, but thankfully it had stopped back home. Otherwise it'd be quite a task getting the babies in and out of the car...
Strapped them into the car seats (I think this is the first doctor's appointment that we've taken them in the car seats. Prior appointments they've always been held by Mommy and Grandma.
Unlike the last time, this time we didn't have long to wait as we were second in line.
Dr Lam weighed them again, measured them, and prodded at their bellies and moved their legs around to check, and pronounced them healthy, and growing at a good rate.
JL was 6.2kgs, and JY 5.9kgs. According to Dr Lam, by six months babies typically would have doubled their birth weight, so calculating retrospectively, their birth weights would have been over and under 3kgs by a shade, which is an ideal weight for single babies. What this means is that both JL & JY though born small, as they're twins, have caught up with single babies now. Hooray!
Then came the jabs, the final Hepatitis vaccination. And both cried very loudly this time, maybe because as they get older they're more aware... Good thing was they stopped quite quickly, and was completely okay when they went out the consultation room.
Only small problem was the slight skin problem under the folds of their necks, as babies's necks are short the folds tend to contain sweat and irritate the skin. Some cream would clear that up.
Dr Lam also mentioned that we could start them on solids soon, beginning with cereal, then slowly on to mashed/pureed veges/fruits. Stuff to avoid until they're older are peanuts, coconuts as they potentially could trigger off allergies.
Our next appointment would be a check-up when they're 9 months old, and no more jabs until they're 1 yr old! Hooray again!
All done and out of there just before 1900. Bill came to RM201 with the consultation, jabs and cream. Both of them were very happy tonight and made a lot of noise, sometimes together. Must be happy to know that no more injections until 1 yr old eh?
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