We, thankfully, made it to the appointment on time. We left later than we were planning to leave, so I was expecting to get there late.

The doctor looked at him, poked at the shunt a bit (Ewww.), measured his head, and told us that everything looks good and to come back in July for an MRI/follow up.

And then we left.

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Dear SickKids,

Early appointment is EARLY.

No love,
Aiden and his parents.

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Oh!

I forgot to mention... As of Tuesday, Aiden (plus one diaper, and a t-shirt) weighs 12lbs, 4oz.  And he's 63 cms (24.8 in.) long.  (According to the people at the appointment, he's "slender, tall and strong"... According to us, he's destined to look like Conan.)

Thought of the day:  Why do we use centimeters to measure small children?  Inches make much more sense.  And grams!  Who understands grams?

well.

I think I should look into taking some sort of "blog writing" class.  I never know what to write about; our lives are pretty mundane.

We took Aiden to his neonatal follow-up appointment on Tuesday.  There was an RN, speech pathologist, occupational therapist, nursing student, and a physiotherapist there to see him and assess if he needs any "extra help" as far as their specialties go.  They were all super impressed with him, and all of his accomplishments.  He's doing quite a bit of stuff that other 4 month old babies are doing, and the only suggestion they had was to make sure he gets lots of tummy time, and to hold him a certain way so that his shoulders are pulled forward, so that it's easier for him to bring his hands together/swipe at toys above him.

Next week, he has to go for a follow-up hearing test.  We have to keep him asleep throughout the whole hour long test.  This should be interesting...