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Yesterday, Ollie and I went to visit the lovely baby nurse Kay to get him weighed for the first time since his 6 week check when he weighed 5.5 kg. In that two week period he put on just over 500 g to bring him up to 6.05 kg. While this weight gain is at the higher end of the scale, it isn't as massive as some of his previous weeks which isn't surprising - neither of us could keep that up! Kay tells me that his weight gain will probably even out in the next month or so but at this stage he is in the 80th percentile for boys of his age. And scraping over 6 kg means we can move up to the next size of nappies!

One thing that Kay did point out to me was that Ollie is starting to get a flat spot on the right side of his head. It seems that he has developed a preference for laying with his neck to the right. So we have to be vigilant about which way he is sleeping and try to encourage him to look left a lot by stacking his toys in an enticing manner to his left side.

On a not so nice note, we had our first round of immunisations today (well, not including the one he had when he was first born). We went to the clinic at Corinda where we joined a number of other apprehensive mums and bubs. The screams coming from the room did not fill me with confidence. Not only did Ollie have to get immunised but I also had a whooping cough needle. Mine wasn't nearly as painful as I thought it would be but it hurts a fair bit now. On the other hand, Ollie's was incredibly painful. He had an oral dose first which he seemed to like as it was quite sweet. After that he got one needle in each (chubby) thigh and for each let out a massive air gulping cry. I think after the second one he was wondering what he had done to me to suffer this terrible fate. But he calmed down when he got some boob.

Since we have been home he has been pretty whingy. He fought sleep for quite a while (which is this week's latest trick) but is now sleeping soundly - on his flat spot on the right side of his head!!

Ps - check out the pic of Ollie during his first trip to Ikea (as mentioned in the previous blog).

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