Stats

Cameron had his two year check-up this week (a month late). When I told Matthew we were going to ride the shuttle to the doctor, the first thing he asked me was if it was for him or Cameron. When I told him it was for Cameron, Matthew was very relieved. It is funny their fear of the doctor (or shots) at a young age. The kids loved the shuttle ride to the doctor and brought along their little backpacks with toys and snacks. All was good until we got into the doctor's office and Cameron had to take off his shoes to get his height. He started getting nervous--then he was ok until we were in the room and I started taking his shirt off. He freaked out again. Well, I got him calmed down and he and Matthew colored with chalk and ran around. But the second the door opened and the doctor walked in, Cameron started crying and ran to me to hold him. Most moms would probably feel bad for their kids--I guess I'm not like that. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids, but when you see the kind of crazy things they do running around getting hurt and not caring and then a doctor walks in (not even touching him) and he starts crying and grabbing for me to hold him--I just want to laugh. I ended up talking to the doctor over his crying and he somewhat calmed down.

Eventually he had to have a shot, but guess what, he only cried for two seconds and then wouldn’t stop talking about his sticker. Seriously he cried more when the doctor walked in the door than he did for his shot. Crazy kid.

Now, looking at Matthew and Cameron… Cameron is the big little brother and Matthew is the older “twig” boy. The doctor could not stop talking about how big Cameron was (relative to Matthew) and about how he is going to catch up. Just for curiosity, I pulled up Matthew’s two year stats… why don’t you take a look…

Matthew (2 years)
height: 34 inches
weight: 28.1 pounds

Cameron (2 years)
height: 33.5 inches
weight: 28.6 pounds

Look at that! Isn't it funny that Matthew (my preemie) and Cameron (full term) were pretty much exactly the same at two years (give or take a half inch or pound)? You wonder why the doctor was making such a BIG DEAL about how big Cameron is compared to Matthew. And who knows, maybe in the next year Cameron will thin out and be like Matthew? I guess time will tell.

And here are Matthew’s current stats just for the record:

Matthew (3 years, 5 months)
height: 39 inches
weight: 33.7 pounds

And since this would be a lot more interesting with a few pictures…

Here is Matthew (age 2) and Cameron (age 2)

And Cameron resisting a Matthew hug... twice