derek, gwen, justin & sara tom in hong kong
October 05, 2002
Justin Update

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Above: Justin and Shiu Shu at the doctor's office today. 15 years later and it'll be the girl he's after and not her shoe!

Gosh, lots of changes since I last wrote about Justin. He had 2 immunization injections today and didn't like that at all — he cried and screamed his eyes out! We went with our Korean neighbor "Seung-ah" and her 7-month old daugher "Shiu Shu" to see Dr. Natalie Lee in Causeway Bay. Justin's statistics today:

Weight: 8.17kg (18.01 pounds)
Length: 67cm (26.38 inches)
Head Circumference: 43cm (16.93 inches)

Justin's a lot more expressive and responsive to stimulus these days. He shows his excitement, happiness, frustration, irritation, displeasure, boredom, and tiredness through smiles, giggles, laughs, cries, whines, frowns, yawns and peddling his legs.

We started feeding Justin solids at around 5-1/2 months. From 6 months he was "seriously" eating solids. (He's 6-1/2 months old now.) We've been feeding him pears, carrots, cauliflower, and organic rice and oatmeal cereals. Just after we got back from our Singapore vacation (about a week ago), we got a scare when Justin didn't "poo-poo" (move his bowel) for 4 days. He poo-pooed on the 5th day and boy was mommy relieved when that happened! He also had a couple cases of constipation but nothing serious. To help with that, we've been giving him Apple-Prune juice. Today, Dr. Lee also gave us a dose of "Microlax microenema" just in case he has a serious case of constipation.

Posted by derek at October 05, 2002 06:57 PM