Jackson's 9-Month Checkup

Jackson had his 9-month checkup today. He weighed in at 23 lbs and 5 ounces (good for 85th to 90th percentile) and was 30.5 inches long (an astounding 97th percentile!).

And he didn't even cry when the nurse pricked his finger to get some blood!

Way to go, little Jackson! Our little baby is growing up fast...

Jackson's stats from memory

Now I will try to record for posterity Jackson's stats at key points in his life so far. Luckily I can look down the page to get his 6-month stats; the others I will attempt from memory.

• Birth: 7 lbs, 11 oz - 21 inches
• 3 weeks: back up to his birth weight (what a relief!)
• 1 month: 8 lbs, 9 oz (he was really starting to pack on the pounds at this point!)
• 2 months: 11 lbs, 6 oz - 24 inches
• 4 months: 17 lbs - 26.75 inches
• 6 months: 19.5 lbs - 28.5 inches
  

On Monday li'l baby Jax has his 9-month checkup -- I can't believe it! It is so cliched to say it, but true nonetheless: the time has just flown by! Now I realize that it'll seem like a couple of blinks of the eye and he'll be a teenager like his big brother. It's just crazy how fast it is going...

Today Dina observed that his double chin (aka backup emergency chin) is starting to go away. Oh, not to worry -- it'll be there for a while yet -- but it is noticeably smaller than it was a month or two back.