Saturday, July 7, 2012

Day 113

Today was Vidhi’s fourth dose of vaccination: DPT and Polio. We found out a cheap nearby hospital since we just wanted someone to give her injections and didn’t need expert pediatric advise. Baby was nice as she can be and cried only a little when needles were inserted. Her measurements:

Weight: 5.2kg
Length: 59cm
Circumference of head: 39cm



According to this chart, she should be 6.4kg 62cm. Her doctors say expected weight is 5.5kg. Apparently there is different scale for Indian babies and American/developed nation's babies.

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