The 2-month milestone!

Yesterday, Austin had his 2-month check-up. It's so hard to believe he's already 2 months old!

He was actually in a great mood - even smiled at the nurse - until he got his shots right before we left. He was most definitely not a fan of those (not that I can blame him).

Although he was slightly shorter than his brother at birth, it seems that Austin has caught up quickly. In fact, he's grown 3 and 1/4 inches since his 2-week appointment. What a little sprout! It effectively puts him in the 90% for height among 2-month olds. Yes, between him and Tyler, we really are raising our own personal basketball team.

He's also gained a very respectable 3.4 pounds - which makes him heavier than 75% of the other 2-month olds out there. But considering he's also a lot taller than all of them, it seems the weight is just about on par.

Happily, he is right in the middle of the stats when it comes to one attribute. His head. The size of his head is exactly at 50% of the other 2-month olds.

So, all in all, he's tall, a good build, and has an average head.

But, of course, all this makes me wonder how he compares with Tyler's stats at 2-months old. So, I pulled out Tyler's little blue book.

First, let's compare how they look:

Now for the numbers... When Tyler turned 2-months old, he was just in the process of undergoing surgery for pyloric stenosis. So, the numerical differences are actually quite notable - but not real surprising since it wasn't like any of the milk Tyler drank at that point in time was actually staying in his belly!

Compared to Austin's height of 24-1/2", Tyler was just 24". So, despite that Tyler was born about an inch longer than his brother, it looks like Austin caught up!

Next, Tyler was only 10.5 pounds (25% percentile) compared to Austin's 12.6! No wonder Austin looks so much rounder than Tyler did!

And Tyler's always had a rather small head - only in the 10% when he was Austin's age (but he's in the 50% now!)

However, as you can see above, despite the size differences they experienced at 2 months, they do have a close resemblance to each other physically. I guess whereas Tyler was quite the stringbean, Austin is closer to being a snowpea.

As for the rest of Austin's appointment, it well pretty well. But he does appear to have a minor ear infection - so now he gets the lovely goopy medicine twice a day. Hopefully, he's not following his brother on the path to ear tubes...