Eli had his 4 year old doctor's appointment today and everything looks great! Eli is now 42 and a half inches (90th percentile) and 39 pounds (75th percentile). For comparison, at 4 years old Jon was 43 inches tall and 43 pounds (what a chunk, hehe). So it looks like Eli is still very similar to Jon. Still long and lean!
A few days ago Eli fell at the park and cut his lip so the doctor checked that as well. Turns out his tooth did go through his lip and the pushed in tissue is now hanging on the inside of his lip (ick I know). If it doesn't come off by itself in the next week then we get a return trip to the doctor's to snip and cauterize the hole. Since no 4 year old I know would like to be cauterized I'm praying that Eli's spare tissue falls off of its own accord this week! We did get a course of antibiotics since the lip was looking a little plump and red and the doctor said it was at high risk for infection.
We also found out that Eli can move to a booster seat in the car! Technically it's supposed to be 40 pounds but the doctor said that with Eli's height he'll be just fine. So I'm looking forward to that.
All in all the doctor thought Eli was growing great and looking good, plus no shots, so we had a great visit!
Edit: I forgot to mention that at the end of the visit when Eli got to pick a prize he picked out a pink bracelet, which I thought was odd. Until he came back to Matea and handed it to her! :) He said he picked out a jewelry for Matea because he knew she would like it. Awww. The doctor let him pick out another prize and a sticker and he proceeded to pick stickers for Lexi and Tori and not for himself. The doctor was surprised at his thoughtfulness and insisted that Eli actually get a prize as well. What a generous 4 year old. Mommy's proud. :)
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