Nurse station 3month control

Late October, Magnus is 3.5 months old

It was time for 3-month control. Daddy was coming home from work to participate, but because of a misunderstanding of the start time, we were late. I don't know why I so strongly wanted to come, because only the mom's of the other babies would come, but I just felt like it. I feel very proud of my baby and like to show him off. And Magnus loves to come to the nurse station, so it is very gratifying to go.

Appearantly there were several groups present at the nurse station, so our group was in a tiny little room and there was only barely enough room for everybody. The 5 babies were all put on a rubber mat in the middle of the floor, all on their stomachs, looking at each other.

It turned out that Magnus was the biggest baby in the group, lengthwise, and the second biggest weight-wise. He had surely been growing fast (he is a bit chubby here and there). The other mothers also noticed that he was very strong in his body, and I bristled with pride. The nurse praised his early "talking skills", as he seemed to communicate much more than the other babies, and papa got still prouder when the nurse specifically praised this communication between papa and baby.

Magnus was incredibly excited to be with the other babies, so much so that everybody started to laugh, looking at him. He flirted with the little baby-ladies. Good thing I already had the serious father-to-son-talk about relationships and women!!

So the nurse talked abit and everybody said how it was going with their baby, and then she tried to start group conversations while she would take babies one by one to another room to administer vaccinations. One by one babies would be brought back into the room after loud crying in the next room and they all fell asleep. Magnus was still excited about the other babies and spent a lot of time on his stomach on the mat, but eventually got very tired. He ate a little, but was really too excited to concentrate on eating, before he, too, fell asleep on his mommy.

Meanwhile mama and papa was talking to the other mothers, discussing anything from rashes and sleep habits to diaper sizes and agreeing to go strolling together during the days.

Eventually, there was only Magnus left for vaccination, and the nurse sent all the others home. Magnus was still sleeping, so he had to be waken up. The nurse again noticed how happy Magnus always was, right after waking up he was already smiling and talking to his surroundings. That didn't last long, though; Papa held Magnus on his lap while the nurse gave first one vaccine in the first leg and then one in the other. Magnus cried very loud, this was not nice. Papa had told him he could kick the nurse if she was bad, but he didn't so probably it wasn't that bad, but there was some crying to be done. However with some daddy-comfort, soon the tears dried away and he was talking and smiling again.

Then we went over to weigh and measure Magnus, and we got some help with how to hold well to wash him directly in the sink, and Magnus enjoyed this alot and smiled from ear to ear. He was by now 64cm and weighed 7.1kg. Way to go Magnus !