I took Emily for her three-month check-up today. Emily is growing well and the pediatrician is pleased. Emily is 23 inches long (34th percentile), 13 pound and 7.5 ounces in weight (77th percentile) and her head is 15.5 inches in circumference (32nd percentile). The important take-away, according to Emily's doctor, is that she is growing and she is growing proportionally (she is nearly in the same percentiles as she was at her two-month check-up). Emily also showed off her skills to the doc: she smiled and even laughed; responded with voice to conversation; held her head well showing off her strong neck muscles. Emily is A-OK.
One interesting thing the pediatrician noticed is Emily's coordination in getting her left thumb in her mouth. All babies are soothed by sucking but most young infants can't physically get their own finger in their mouths. Instead, they accidentally poke themselves in the cheek or nose. Not Emily. She shoves her left thumb so far into her mouth that she sometimes gags herself. Time for me to push the pacifier. A pacifier can be limited and eventually removed. Thumbs are hard to regulate. My brother gave up his pacifier at he 3. I was still sucking my fingers when I was in elementary school. Here we go, baba!
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