The newest stats

Genevieve & Jackson had their 9 month check up today! Here are the latest numbers:

Genevieve: 18 lbs 9 oz (50th%), 28 3/8 inches (75th%)
Jackson: 18 lbs 13 oz (25%), 28 1/4 inches (50%)

Jackson has widened the *huge* weight gap by 1 oz since the last check up. :-) The Dr. commented that Jackson feels like he weighs more - he's a dense baby with lots of muscle. Lucky Genevieve gets plotted on the girls growth chart, so she's looking to be the *amazon* of our babies.

Long long ago when Bentley was a baby (please provide a slight hint of sarcasm when you read that) the well baby visits were structured differently. Bentley had a 6 month check up, a 10 month check up, and then a 12 month check up. Since those dark ages the well baby visits have changed to occur at 6/9/and 12 months. Go figure. Anyway, at 10 months Bentley was at 18 lbs 12 oz and 28 1/4 inches - almost exactly (with the difference of 1 oz) where Jackson is now at 9 months. A bit odd, yes?

Other than drawn out efforts to get blood from the twins (for an iron level check), the visit was uneventful. Being that we're seasoned parents we no longer have many questions, so the visit was just a chance for the twins to share some smiles with the Dr., and make some grabs at his equipment.

We did have 1 question for the Dr. - we asked him if there's any effective way of teaching Bentley not to stick (or try to stick) his fingers in the eyes of his siblings. I'm quite troubled by his fondness for this new passtime. We were told that with consistent negative discipline of some sort (time outs?) he might learn not to do it, but he won't learn it's wrong. He's just not the right age for that yet. Hmmm. Caveman... !!!