12 Month Check-Up

Ryker had his 12 month check-up this past Friday. Everything is looking good. He weighs 18 lbs. 14 oz., which is the 4%tile; he is 29.72 in., which is the 47%tile; and his head circumference is 18.5 in., which is the 68%tile. I'm glad to see that his body is catching up to his head...haha. He is still a skinny little thing, but he's staying on his curve, so his pediatrician isn't worried.

I really hate the 1 year check-up as far as what shots they have to get. Brody didn't do well with the MMR or Chicken Pox vaccines, and Ryker didn't either. He seemed fine during the day, but once it was time to get in the bath, I noticed a huge, red lump on his thigh where one of the shots was given. Around the lump, and up around his belly he had a rash. The lump was really bad, and I'm still not sure if it was a reaction, or if it was just how the shot was given. The rash was gone by the next day, but the lump took a couple of days to go away.

Well, now that it has been a week since his shots, he now has a fever. It stayed pretty low grade until today...it got up to 104.3. Talk about scary! I called the pediatrician and he said with the reaction he had within the first 24 hours and then a fever a week later is textbook to what would happen if they were to have a reaction to the shots. Great. Luckily the fever has come down, and he's been sleeping a lot...he should be fine. I just hate to see my baby so sick.

Other than this reaction to his shots, he's been doing great and is very healthy and right on track. I love my little Ryker D.!