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David Hezekiah

David Hezekiah Filipek
Birth Weight: 6 lbs 9 oz
Birth Length: 20 in
Birth Date : 07/26/2007
Birth Time: 11:00 pm
Birth Place: St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, MO

Growth Chart
Date	Weight	Length
07/16/2008	17 lbs. 14 oz.	29 in.
Dr. Platt was gone today, so David saw a different doctor. Apparently, they sent out cancellation letters, but we never got one. Oh well! David's height is about the 25th percentile, but his weight is lower than the percentile chart for his age, haha. The doctor said that whole milk would be a good idea for him, and I told him that David switched to it about 2 weeks ago, and the doctor said that probably helped the 1 1/2 lb weight gain over the past 3 months. We have a scale at home that I weigh David on occasionally. He's gained about a pound just since we started the whole milk, so the extra fat and calories from that are good. I've noticed him getting a little heavier. We got a copy of his Chester Clinic record to take to Dr. Mathews in St. Louis. David has to get his 12 months shots in about 3 or 4 weeks, so we'll be making an appointment for him to see her once we get our Missouri Medicaid information. Adam will most likely be the one taking David to appointments this year. He'll have a lot more flexibility in his schedule, most likely.

04/29/2008	16 lbs. 6.5 oz.	28.25 in.
Dr. Platt said David is looking good and healthy. David has a few eczema-like dry spots on his shoulders, elbows, and ribcage, which he has had off and on for the past month. Dr. Platt said we should start applying lotion twice a day. David sees Dr. Platt one more time before we move back to St. Louis.

04/02/2008	16 lbs. 1 oz.	27.5 in.
David got weighed and measured at the WIC office today. He's not growing very fast at this point, but I think that's pretty normal for his age. They grow the fastest in those first 6 months, and when they get more mobility the growth slows down for a little while, I think. His weight was in the 5-10 percentile range, and his height was in the 20-30 percentile range, if I remember correctly.

02/05/2008	15 lbs. 7 oz.	27.25 in.
David's height is now in about the 70th percentile and his weight is in about the 20th percentile. He's still long and lean! Dr. Platt said he was looking good.

12/03/2007	13 lbs. 8.25 oz.	25 in.
Today David saw Dr. Platt at the Chester Clinic for the first time. He's in about the 50th percentile for height and about the 25th percentile for weight. Dr. Platt said it is good for babies to have this type of height to weight ratio, because they are more likely to be healthier and not overweight later in life. Everything looked good and he's a happy, healthy little boy! Good guessing to those who correctly guessed his weight in the last poll!

10/09/2007	11 lbs. 2 oz.	23 in.
David is in the 25th percentile right now. The doctor said he looks good! He got 4 shots and cried when he got them, then was kinda crabby for the next 24 hours.

09/19/2007	10 lbs. 6 oz.	22 in.
David had his kidney ultrasound today. On a scale of 0-4, 0 being a perfect kidney, 4 being super serious, David's are at about a 1 maybe 2. The doctor said at that grade it rarely ever gets worse. Probably the worst that could happen is a urinary tract infection, and since circumcised males don't really ever get UTI's, David is pretty much perfectly normal.

08/06/2007	6 lbs. 12 oz.
David's second doctor's appointment went well. Last Monday he'd only been 6lbs after his hospital discharge. He gained 12oz in one week, and the doctor was happy with that. He doesn't need to be seen by Dr. Mathews until he's 2 months old, since he's regulary filling his diapers and eating. I'm sure he'll get some immunizations at that time. We still need to call the urologist and see when they want to see him to re-ultrasound and check his kidney again. David's been on preventative antibiotic since we were discharged from the hospital, and he's been really good about taking it every evening.

07/26/2007	6 lbs. 9 oz.	20 in.
David was born at 11:00pm and he came out fairly pink. Becky was in labor for a little over 12 hours, and only pushed for about 45 minutes.

07/02/2007	5 lbs. 6 oz.
The level of amniotic fluid has not increased, though it has not decreased either. At this point in the pregnancy it should be higher, so Dr. Colton advises we induce labor at 38 weeks (which will be July 26th) because that is when amniotic fluid naturally decreases. So David will be born at the end of July, which is only 3½ weeks away!

06/18/2007	4 lbs. 10 oz.
The ultrasound we had today estimates that David is about 4lbs 10oz. He is measuring in the 44th percentile, so just a little smaller than average, but that's ok! It's easier to not have a really big baby! :-)

Fun Facts
	Fun Fact
David Hezekiah Filipek's favorite outdoor activity is walking around (09/27/2008)
He loves to walk around the school parking lot, and the parking area of Grandma & Grandpa Wesche's driveway.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time having a shower was 09/14/2008
He has a pretty good time in the shower. We switched to morning showers with dad, because David has been too busy to lay down and take a bath! It's just much easier and happier this way. :)

David Hezekiah Filipek's hair color is dirty blond (08/24/2008)
His hair is definitely not as dark as his mom's, and it's not as red as his dad's, it's starting to look fairly blond.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first steps were on 08/18/2008
He started taking a few steps at a time without help around this day.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first hair cut was on 07/17/2008
Bill Ebers from Chester, IL had the opportunity to give David his very first haircut.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time swimming was 07/04/2008
He had a great time sitting in the floatie-boat and being pulled around like a king on a litter!

David Hezekiah Filipek learned how to wave on 06/10/2008
He does a full-arm wave. Rarely will he do it in response to people, he likes to wave on his own terms!

David Hezekiah Filipek said DaDa for the first time on 06/01/2008
David definitely says "dada" for Adam. It's very cute.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time standing was 05/28/2008
David is now starting to pull himself into a standing position.

David Hezekiah Filipek said MaMa for the first time on 05/25/2008
He's been saying "mamamamama" a lot, but he's definitely associating it with Becky now.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first word was mama (05/25/2008)
Yes. We have one of those rare children that acknowledges their mother with words before their father.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time crawling was 04/30/2008
David is learning how to scoot forward with his arms and legs. I'm sure it won't take him very long to really get it down.

David Hezekiah Filipek learned to clap on 04/11/2008
I've been trying to teach him to clap for a couple weeks, and today he really did it!

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time sitting up unassisted was 04/02/2008
He's been able to do this for a little while, but he really only got good at it this past week.

David Hezekiah Filipek learned how to use a sippy cup on 04/02/2008
We've been trying to get him used to drinking from a bottle-like sippy cup for a little while, and he's really now starting to get the hand of it and is able to hold it himself some.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time eating ice cream was on 03/20/2008
We decided to go ahead and give him a taste of it at the ice cream social for the new confirmands on Maundy Thursday. He had the typical "it's cold!" look on his face.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first laugh was on 03/18/2008
He's been somewhat laughing a little bit lately, but tonight Adam really got David giggling by making a pig noise. We tried to take a video of it, but of course he stopped when he saw the camera.

David Hezekiah Filipek's favorite toy(s) are Stackable rings, plush football (03/03/2008)
He loves playing with these toys. They are the ones he plays with the most.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first tooth was on 02/17/2008
The tooth has only broken the gums, so it is only just visible, but you can definitely see and feel it!

David Hezekiah Filipek's favorite food(s) are mashed potatoes (01/25/2008)
We've tried a few different types of baby foods, and that is definitely his favorite.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time rolling over was on 01/09/2008
I put him on his tummy on the living room floor to play. Then I went into the kitchen to clean up a little after lunch. I came back in the living room and he was on his side like he does when he's on his back. I put him on his tummy again, to try to get him to roll when I was in the room, so I could see it, but he just complained.

David Hezekiah Filipek found his/her feet on 12/23/2007
We'll go ahead and credit this one. He's been eyeing his feet for a little while, but lately he'll grab his legs while he's getting his diaper changed, and yesterday or today I saw him grab his feet.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time sleeping through the night was 11/23/2007
David slept from 10:30pm til almost 8am. Then, he did the same thing the following night. Now, if only Mommy could sleep through the whole night without waking up to David's sleep noises!

David Hezekiah Filipek's first vacation/trip was to Olathe, Kansas (10/18/2007)
We drove out to visit Uncle Aaron, Aunt Amy and Ella while Grandpa and Grandma Filipek were visiting us.

David Hezekiah Filipek found his/her hands on 10/15/2007
David loves to chew on his fingers!

David Hezekiah Filipek's first time sleeping in their own bedroom was 10/04/2007
He woke up the first time to eat before we went fully to sleep, and then he woke up once to eat 4 hours after that, and then was making a lot of sleeping noise around 7am, so Becky pulled him into bed with her then.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first trip to the zoo was on 09/22/2007
We went to the zoo for Jeremiah's 2nd birthday. David slept through the whole zoo trip.

David Hezekiah Filipek's eye color is blue (09/12/2007)
David's eyes are starting to lighten up a little bit. They had been a dark blue/gray at birth, but now they are definitely looking more blue.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first bath was on 08/25/2007
David didn't cry, or use the bathroom, the whole time! You could tell he was a little cold, but he seemed to think that water is ok.

David Hezekiah Filipek was baptized on 08/19/2007
David's godparents are Uncle Aaron & Aunt Amy and Uncle Danny. Those who came to witness the baptism were Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Wesche, Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Luebke, Great-Aunt Laura, Rachel & Aaron, Grandma & Grandpa Filipek, Grandma & Grandpa Wesche, Uncle Aaron, Aunt Amy & Ella, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Andy, Jeremiah & Madilynn, Uncle Danny, and Uncle Nathan.

David Hezekiah Filipek's first smile was on 07/31/2007
It was so cute! Grandma W. was holding David on Mommy & Daddy's bed this morning, and she wasn't doing anything special, but he just occasionally would smile... a big "toothy" grin, if he had any teeth, that is.

David Hezekiah Filipek's hair color is Light brown (at the moment) (07/27/2007)
Right now David's hair is light brown, from what we can see. It's definitely not very dark, but it could have some reddish tendencies. We can't know for sure yet.

David Hezekiah Filipek's name means "Dearly loved" and "God is my strength" (06/12/2007)
Both David and Hezekiah are Hebrew names, and both were some of the good kings of Israel/Judah. The story of David is in 1 Samuel, and the story of Hezekiah is in 2 Kings.

Last Updated: 09/27/2008