Week four doctor appointment for Emmett today (actually one day shy of week 5, but was supposed to be week 4), and the whole family made the trip to see how things have progressed over the last two-and-a-half weeks since his last appointment. Of course, big news is always on the measurement front, so here is what we have. Emmett went from 8 lb 3 oz on March 20th to 10 lb 5 oz today, so that is a full 25% increase in weight in 19 days (or nearly 2 oz/day where the hope is 1 oz/day). This took Emmett from the 50th percentile to the 75th-ish in weight meaning that his chances of playing pro football have improved slightly. He is up to 22" in length (still a suspect measurement) and his head grew right along the 25th percentile (I didn't realize he was on the low end of this, but there you go). The doctor seemed pleased with everything about him and noted that his neck strength was good (probably since he is moving a small head around). All in all a good report. We return in a month.
The day's other big event was an injury to Emmett which is alleged to have been caused by Malcolm. Details are sketchy at this point, but according to the first responder on the scene, Emmett was napping when he burst out with a very loud cry. Andrea, said first responder, rushed into the room when, at that very moment, Malcolm was rushing out of the room where Emmett was crying big tears with a small scratch on his face. As there were no eye witnesses we cannot know what happened for sure (Emmett has been known to scratch his own face, and Malcolm could have been rushing away from the sudden screaming), but Andrea is convinced that Emmett was napping, Malcolm snuck in to sniff Emmett (Malcolm is normally kept completely separate from Emmett, but the door was left cracked so Andrea, in the next room, could keep an ear on him), and Emmett jerked in his sleep causing Malcolm to react. Now, I am not sure that I buy this story and I fear Malcolm being blamed for attacking our child (yes, he does have another child injury under his belt, but that was an accident as TWO EYEWITNESSES can attest). Perhaps it was something similar. Anyway, Malcolm is on the bad list in Andrea's eyes, Emmett has a very small scratch on him which the doctor said was nothing to worry about whether cat-caused or not, and I am trying to sort out who did what. Needless to say, Malcolm will be kept at an even greater distance from this and all other children for the time being. Though Andrea would think our house should be run otherwise, I am still a firm believer in the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing.
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I hope Andrea is not blaming the cat for something she did herself. Perhaps you should get Columbo on the matter and really investigate Andrea's "story."
When Emmett suffers from "Cat-Scratch Disease" (yes, there really is such a thing), we will all know who to blame: DADDY DAMO
As the mother of Malcom's first victim, I fear for everyones safety as Malcom is a fierce feline predator with killer instincts and should be monitored closely. I fear Tyler will never get over his vicious attack he suffered while in the care of his Aunt and Uncle...our family pet has only attacked Damon, but has stayed away from innocent babies. Run Emmett run from the black panther.....
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