Ryan is 5 weeks old today and yesterday we had our 1-month appt at the pediatrician.
Q: What’s with the wheezing noise when he breathes sometimes?
A: His nose is probably just a little stuffy. Try using saline solution in his nose – no need to suck it back out. Do it 30 minutes before feeding him about 3 times a day.
Q: Sometimes he feeds and then spits up a bunch and cries to be fed again. Normal?
A: Yes, it’s normal.
Weight: 10 pounds, 6 ounces. (that’s a gain of 2 lb 7 oz in 3 weeks! almost 2 ounces a day.)
Weight percentile: 75 (meaning 75% of other male babies his age weigh less than him and just 25% weigh more than him)
Length: 23 1/4″ (he was 20″ at birth)
Length percentile: 95!!
Head size: I can’t remember exactly.. it was 41.something cm
Head size percentile: 90!
I found a growth chart predictor online and entered Ryan’s current length and age. It said he’ll grow to be 6 feet 0.3 inches! Now, I know he’s really young and up to like 2 years of age, his percentiles can change a lot… but I’m fairly certain he’ll tower over mama by the time he’s like 13, haha (I’m only 5’2″!) I guess Steve has lots of tall people from his family (although he’s 5’10″) so Ryan must get it there… I just can’t believe those percentiles! Our tiny baby is apparently huge!
My 2 favorite boys 
Yea, Ryan looks real huge, huh? lol.
Steve has been telling everyone possible that his son has a head size in the 90th percentile, hahaha. Something to be proud of, I guess 
Saturday was also my grandma’s 83rd birthday – she had fun celebrating with Ryan
And check this out… 4 generations! That’s Ryan, me, my mom, and my grandma (and a pesky lil dog too)
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He is so cute! And big! Good job mama!
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Aw you look so much like your mum and grandma! And Ryan is a big boy indeed!
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“pesky lil dog” haha — oh gus!
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The little one is so cute. Congrats again.
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haha that’s hilarious (and adorable). cade was either completely “OFF the charts” or in the 99th percentile during his first few months, and he’s definitely not SMALL now!!! he’s been doomed from the start though with cory and i both on the taller side!
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Head size is TOTALLY something to be proud of. My kids have not been that big at birth (7 and 8 lbs) but they have heads the size of 9 pounders. LOL!!!
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How adorable is he! Sounds like my son who has always been in the 90 percentile in height. I’m 5’2″ and hubby is only 5’7″!
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Wow! He was bigger than my son was at his 9 week appointment!! He was in the 30÷50÷25 percentiles though. He’s so tiny!
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My son is going on 2 months and sometimes gets a stuffy nose. I asked my doctor about giving my son saline solution and he said he doesn’t recommend it because it could go into the babies lungs. That sounded scary to me! I did use it one time though because his nose was so stuffy and my sister in law reassured me that you put it in his nose and suction it out immediately and he should be fine.
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