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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Friday, August 2, 2013
Quick stats update for both kids
Gah. I hate that I'm so far behind. My big girl turned FOUR and I need to tell you all about the little girl that she is. There's no more baby left in that one...except the way she says "breakfast" and "just". But otherwise, she's growing up. The thigh rolls are all gone. Sniff.
Anyway, this week is the one time that the kids' well checkups lined up--Baby Boy is 15 months and Baby Girl is 4 years old. We were able to get back-to-back appointments.
Baby Boy:
Weight: 21 lbs 11 ounces (33.4 percentile)
Height: 31 inches (43.31 percentile, up from 2.36 percentile at one year)
Head circumference: 19 inches (86.57 percentile, which is pretty consistent)
He got one shot and didn't cry during the shot. But the tears came soon after. I had taken Baby Girl out of the room to take her urine sample and Baby Boy saw me walk past the door at one point and lost it. I had to snuggle him and walk around with him to get him to calm down. He loves his mommy, that one.
Baby Girl:
Weight: 41 lbs (87.15 percentile, which is consistent since she was 2 1/2 years)
Height: 41 inches (77.9 percentile, a large jump from a year ago when she was 57th percentile (37th percentil at 2 years old))
They didn't measure her head, but I can assure you that it's humongous. That's how we grow them in our house.
Baby Girl had to give a urine sample, which I thought would be horrible, but I successfully collected it without getting a drop on me. She had her blood pressure taken (it was normal, whatever it was) and her hearing testing. The urine came back with trace amounts of blood, so we had to get another sample this morning. Luckily, a good friend was headed to the office with her own kid, so she took the sample so that I didn't have to make the trip during work. Also, we found that Baby Girl can't hear as well as she should. She can hear as low as 30 decibels and they'd like her to be able to hear down to 20. Because she also has her ear tubes still in (over 2 years later), our pediatrician has recommended that we visit our ENT. I haven't made the appointment yet because we obviously haven't seen any ill-effects (meaning it hasn't negatively impacted her speech AT ALL), but will do so soon.
Anyway, this week is the one time that the kids' well checkups lined up--Baby Boy is 15 months and Baby Girl is 4 years old. We were able to get back-to-back appointments.
Baby Boy:
Weight: 21 lbs 11 ounces (33.4 percentile)
Height: 31 inches (43.31 percentile, up from 2.36 percentile at one year)
Head circumference: 19 inches (86.57 percentile, which is pretty consistent)
He got one shot and didn't cry during the shot. But the tears came soon after. I had taken Baby Girl out of the room to take her urine sample and Baby Boy saw me walk past the door at one point and lost it. I had to snuggle him and walk around with him to get him to calm down. He loves his mommy, that one.
Baby Girl:
Weight: 41 lbs (87.15 percentile, which is consistent since she was 2 1/2 years)
Height: 41 inches (77.9 percentile, a large jump from a year ago when she was 57th percentile (37th percentil at 2 years old))
They didn't measure her head, but I can assure you that it's humongous. That's how we grow them in our house.
Baby Girl had to give a urine sample, which I thought would be horrible, but I successfully collected it without getting a drop on me. She had her blood pressure taken (it was normal, whatever it was) and her hearing testing. The urine came back with trace amounts of blood, so we had to get another sample this morning. Luckily, a good friend was headed to the office with her own kid, so she took the sample so that I didn't have to make the trip during work. Also, we found that Baby Girl can't hear as well as she should. She can hear as low as 30 decibels and they'd like her to be able to hear down to 20. Because she also has her ear tubes still in (over 2 years later), our pediatrician has recommended that we visit our ENT. I haven't made the appointment yet because we obviously haven't seen any ill-effects (meaning it hasn't negatively impacted her speech AT ALL), but will do so soon.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
6 Month Pediatrician Appointment
I have a sappy post to write and some updates about Baby Boy's development as well as a post about Baby Girl....but this is an easy post to write, so I'm going to knock it out while my queries are running.
Stats:
16 lbs 14 oz (38th percentile)
26 inches long (25th percentile)
44 cm (86th percentile)
My chunky monkey little man has quickly become a not-so-big little boy (except his head...which would explain the 3rd degree tear...). The pediatrician doesn't have any concerns because both his weight and height have a downward trend (in percentile, not the actual height or weight!), but I have a hard time not worrying, especially since until last Saturday I was his only source of nourishment. I thought he was always going to be huge, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
The doctor was happy with his development and said he was head of schedule for large motor since he's already army-crawling. He also said that he doesn't expect babies to start using consonants until about seven months, which he's started to do a bit. It always makes me feel happy when my kids are head of schedule for developmental milestones, even though I have very little to do with it.
At the appointment, Baby Girl also was getting her flu shot. We had talked through what would happen and were reviewing it before the nurse came in. The following conversation ensued:
Me: They're going to give you a little pinch, then put a bandage on it to help it feel better.
Baby Girl: Why does it need to feel better? It won't hurt.
Me: You're right. The bandage helps keep the medicine in your body.
Baby Girl: How does the medicine get in my body? I have skin.
Me: Yep, but the shot makes a little tiny hole to help the medicine get inside.
Baby Girl: ......(you can see the wheels turning).....Will I have to wear the bandage forever?
Me: No, the skin closes up after a little bit of time.
The nurse gave her her shot and she just watched and was happy to get her star-shaped bandage (like below):
Next it was time for Baby Boy to get his shots. We'd talked to the doctor about what vaccinations he needed at this appointment and the pediatrician was going to give him 4 injections (Hepatitis B, flu shot, TDAP (something like that, at least), and leading cause of meningitis) plus an oral vaccination for rotovirus. I asked if there was anything we could delay for the month until we come back for his second flu shot and he said that the Hepatitis B could be delayed, so we did 3 shots plus the oral vaccination, then at the end of November need to go back for a second flu shot and the Hepatitis B shot. Blech.
His sister held onto his arm while I held his hands and looked at his face. I felt awful for him when his head turned bright red and he was screaming, but he stopped crying pretty quickly after I picked him up. He whimpered a little, but was generally okay. I took Baby Girl for her sticker (she chose Mickey Mouse) while The Hubby got Baby Boy dressed. I then nursed Baby Boy in the car in the parking lot of the pediatrician's office because, as expected, he passed out on the way to the sitter. We dropped off the kids and went to work.
Stats:
16 lbs 14 oz (38th percentile)
26 inches long (25th percentile)
44 cm (86th percentile)
My chunky monkey little man has quickly become a not-so-big little boy (except his head...which would explain the 3rd degree tear...). The pediatrician doesn't have any concerns because both his weight and height have a downward trend (in percentile, not the actual height or weight!), but I have a hard time not worrying, especially since until last Saturday I was his only source of nourishment. I thought he was always going to be huge, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
The doctor was happy with his development and said he was head of schedule for large motor since he's already army-crawling. He also said that he doesn't expect babies to start using consonants until about seven months, which he's started to do a bit. It always makes me feel happy when my kids are head of schedule for developmental milestones, even though I have very little to do with it.
At the appointment, Baby Girl also was getting her flu shot. We had talked through what would happen and were reviewing it before the nurse came in. The following conversation ensued:
Me: They're going to give you a little pinch, then put a bandage on it to help it feel better.
Baby Girl: Why does it need to feel better? It won't hurt.
Me: You're right. The bandage helps keep the medicine in your body.
Baby Girl: How does the medicine get in my body? I have skin.
Me: Yep, but the shot makes a little tiny hole to help the medicine get inside.
Baby Girl: ......(you can see the wheels turning).....Will I have to wear the bandage forever?
Me: No, the skin closes up after a little bit of time.
The nurse gave her her shot and she just watched and was happy to get her star-shaped bandage (like below):
Next it was time for Baby Boy to get his shots. We'd talked to the doctor about what vaccinations he needed at this appointment and the pediatrician was going to give him 4 injections (Hepatitis B, flu shot, TDAP (something like that, at least), and leading cause of meningitis) plus an oral vaccination for rotovirus. I asked if there was anything we could delay for the month until we come back for his second flu shot and he said that the Hepatitis B could be delayed, so we did 3 shots plus the oral vaccination, then at the end of November need to go back for a second flu shot and the Hepatitis B shot. Blech.
His sister held onto his arm while I held his hands and looked at his face. I felt awful for him when his head turned bright red and he was screaming, but he stopped crying pretty quickly after I picked him up. He whimpered a little, but was generally okay. I took Baby Girl for her sticker (she chose Mickey Mouse) while The Hubby got Baby Boy dressed. I then nursed Baby Boy in the car in the parking lot of the pediatrician's office because, as expected, he passed out on the way to the sitter. We dropped off the kids and went to work.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Three Year Old Stats
Today we had Baby Girl's three year checkup with the pediatrician and she did really well. They weighed her, got her height, took her blood pressure, then did a general check-over. And she was deemed perfect :)
Stats:
Height: 37.25 inches (50th percentile)
Weight: 35.6 pounds (75th percentile)
He doesn't have any areas of concern and mentioned her going to the dentist (she'll go with us to our next cleaning for her first). It was generally pretty uneventful. She got her sticker and wanted to check out the fishies.
On our way out I asked if we could check Baby Boy's weight. With clothes on he was 15 pounds 7 ounces. Wow. Baby girl was 15 lbs 15 oz at 6 months old. Geez.
Stats:
Height: 37.25 inches (50th percentile)
Weight: 35.6 pounds (75th percentile)
He doesn't have any areas of concern and mentioned her going to the dentist (she'll go with us to our next cleaning for her first). It was generally pretty uneventful. She got her sticker and wanted to check out the fishies.
On our way out I asked if we could check Baby Boy's weight. With clothes on he was 15 pounds 7 ounces. Wow. Baby girl was 15 lbs 15 oz at 6 months old. Geez.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Doctor Updates
(Dude...this is long.)
Wow. I was looking back through my old blog posts and realized I never posted an update to our specialist appointments we had at the beginning of December. I must've been a bit burnt out from NaBloPoMo (or whatever the abbreviation is!).
Since her 15 month appointment, we've now visited three specialists and the pediatrician three times (at least?).
Specialist #1, The Cardiologist: On December 1st we had an appointment at a center run by the local Children's Hospital because of the heart murmur that has persisted. Our pediatrician told us he was really sure it wasn't anything, but thought we should get it checked out. Good news is that he was right. The cardiologist told us that it's not problematic and that we shouldn't even mention it on medical history forms. We left that meeting feeling really great!
Specialist #2, The Endocrinologist: The same day we went to the cardiologist (in the same building), we visited an endocrinologist, who was supposed to look at her development. He asked us a lot of questions and looked over Baby Girl and determined that there wasn't any reason for concern unless we started noticing more signs of her approaching puberty (pubic hair, armpit hair, etc.). We still haven't and, in fact, her baby boobies seem to be more in proportion than they were. Great doctor visit again!
Pediatrician visits: Ear infection after ear infection. Enough said.
Eighteen Month Pediatrician Visit: Still planning a whole post on her development, but should give the important stats. Weight: 23 lbs 4 oz. (30th percentile) Height: 31 inches (35th percentile) Head circumference: 75th percentile (although we're done with head measurement now) She got some vaccinations and handled them really well, as usual. She'll get one or two more at her 2 year appointment (2 year??!??!?!!??!!) and then that will be it until she starts kindergarten (again...kindergarten???!??!??!?!!?!). The doctor was impressed by her development but did think we should talk to a specialist about our suspicion of a milk allergy. He told us "Before we'll through, we'll have you at every specialist in town". Let's hope that isn't true. He figured it wasn't a big issue, but thought we should get her tested.
Specialist #3, The Allergist: This morning The Hubby and I took Baby Girl to see our allergist (I started going to him years ago, then he went and visited him not long before Baby Girl was born), who was also the person that our pediatrician was recommending to us. We got there at 9:00, checked in, then were taken for Baby Girl to be weighed. She was a little freaked about standing on the scale and cried some, but was fine by the time I took her off. We went back to the room where we found....TOYS! They weren't great quality (much to the dismay of The Hubby, the Etch-a-Sketch was broken), but Baby Girl was excited to play with them all. We gave some background to the doctor's assistant, then to the doctor himself. The assistant asked us to get her disrobed (or nakey, as Baby Girl calls it) from the waist up, then came back and had us lay Baby Girl across my lap. Begin tears (from Baby Girl...not me. This time.). She didn't even know what was coming, but still started crying. The assistant then left to allow the reactions to happen.
We were looking at her back during the 15 minute wait and saw 2 pretty large spots that were reacting and then one much smaller and another that was BARELY red. We assumed one of the big spots was milk. When the doctor came back he said one of the big spots was a control and the other was eggs. The smaller spot below the egg one was milk and then the very smallest was peanuts. She didn't react to tomatoes, cod, soy, chocolate, and some others. The doctor mentioned that the reason she doesn't seem to like eggs (the only way we've gotten her to eat them is by covering them in ketchup) might be because of the allergy but said that as long as we don't notice a reaction from things made with eggs, we can continue to cook with them and proceed as we are--just don't try to force her into eating just eggs anymore.
As for the milk, he said we could keep giving her milk and milk products as we are now and give her cow's milk when we're ready as long as her reaction doesn't worsen. He says it isn't doing any harm to keep giving her milk.
He also said that there isn't any connection between allergies and breastfeeding. Bummer! Sort of glad no one told me that in the first few months of nursing.
Lastly, he said we should delay introducing nuts until she's 3 because she has other food allergies. Not a huge deal, I suppose (although I love peanut butter and that makes me a teeny bit sad that she can't have any until then!).
We'll go back in a year to get her retested.
Whew. And that's it. For now.
Wow. I was looking back through my old blog posts and realized I never posted an update to our specialist appointments we had at the beginning of December. I must've been a bit burnt out from NaBloPoMo (or whatever the abbreviation is!).
Since her 15 month appointment, we've now visited three specialists and the pediatrician three times (at least?).
Specialist #1, The Cardiologist: On December 1st we had an appointment at a center run by the local Children's Hospital because of the heart murmur that has persisted. Our pediatrician told us he was really sure it wasn't anything, but thought we should get it checked out. Good news is that he was right. The cardiologist told us that it's not problematic and that we shouldn't even mention it on medical history forms. We left that meeting feeling really great!
Specialist #2, The Endocrinologist: The same day we went to the cardiologist (in the same building), we visited an endocrinologist, who was supposed to look at her development. He asked us a lot of questions and looked over Baby Girl and determined that there wasn't any reason for concern unless we started noticing more signs of her approaching puberty (pubic hair, armpit hair, etc.). We still haven't and, in fact, her baby boobies seem to be more in proportion than they were. Great doctor visit again!
Pediatrician visits: Ear infection after ear infection. Enough said.
Eighteen Month Pediatrician Visit: Still planning a whole post on her development, but should give the important stats. Weight: 23 lbs 4 oz. (30th percentile) Height: 31 inches (35th percentile) Head circumference: 75th percentile (although we're done with head measurement now) She got some vaccinations and handled them really well, as usual. She'll get one or two more at her 2 year appointment (2 year??!??!?!!??!!) and then that will be it until she starts kindergarten (again...kindergarten???!??!??!?!!?!). The doctor was impressed by her development but did think we should talk to a specialist about our suspicion of a milk allergy. He told us "Before we'll through, we'll have you at every specialist in town". Let's hope that isn't true. He figured it wasn't a big issue, but thought we should get her tested.
Specialist #3, The Allergist: This morning The Hubby and I took Baby Girl to see our allergist (I started going to him years ago, then he went and visited him not long before Baby Girl was born), who was also the person that our pediatrician was recommending to us. We got there at 9:00, checked in, then were taken for Baby Girl to be weighed. She was a little freaked about standing on the scale and cried some, but was fine by the time I took her off. We went back to the room where we found....TOYS! They weren't great quality (much to the dismay of The Hubby, the Etch-a-Sketch was broken), but Baby Girl was excited to play with them all. We gave some background to the doctor's assistant, then to the doctor himself. The assistant asked us to get her disrobed (or nakey, as Baby Girl calls it) from the waist up, then came back and had us lay Baby Girl across my lap. Begin tears (from Baby Girl...not me. This time.). She didn't even know what was coming, but still started crying. The assistant then left to allow the reactions to happen.
We were looking at her back during the 15 minute wait and saw 2 pretty large spots that were reacting and then one much smaller and another that was BARELY red. We assumed one of the big spots was milk. When the doctor came back he said one of the big spots was a control and the other was eggs. The smaller spot below the egg one was milk and then the very smallest was peanuts. She didn't react to tomatoes, cod, soy, chocolate, and some others. The doctor mentioned that the reason she doesn't seem to like eggs (the only way we've gotten her to eat them is by covering them in ketchup) might be because of the allergy but said that as long as we don't notice a reaction from things made with eggs, we can continue to cook with them and proceed as we are--just don't try to force her into eating just eggs anymore.
As for the milk, he said we could keep giving her milk and milk products as we are now and give her cow's milk when we're ready as long as her reaction doesn't worsen. He says it isn't doing any harm to keep giving her milk.
He also said that there isn't any connection between allergies and breastfeeding. Bummer! Sort of glad no one told me that in the first few months of nursing.
Lastly, he said we should delay introducing nuts until she's 3 because she has other food allergies. Not a huge deal, I suppose (although I love peanut butter and that makes me a teeny bit sad that she can't have any until then!).
We'll go back in a year to get her retested.
Whew. And that's it. For now.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Fifteen Months
Baby Girl turned fifteen months old last Friday, which meant it was time yesterday to visit one of our favorite people--the pediatrician (and no, I'm not being facetious...I seriously adore this man).
First, the stats:
Length (now that she's standing (although not to be measured), it is height???): 30 1/4" (50th percentile)
Weight: 21 lbs 12 oz (8 oz gained in two weeks? Whoa.) (25th percentile)
Head: 47 cm (approx. 80th percentile--have I ever mentioned how glad I am that I didn't pass this noggin through my vajayjay?)
We arrived, she made eyes at everyone in the well waiting room, looked at fish, read a few books...in other words, we waited...and waited...guess that's what happens when you have the last appointment of the day. She got measured, then we waited...and she begged to put her clothes back on...and we waited.
And then. Then she figured out how much fun it is to stomp on the paper on the exam table. So we did that for about 10 minutes. She was marching back and forth, back and forth. Crunch crunch crunch. Seriously adorable.
Dr. W came in and did the normal checking out. Looked at her ears (since the last time we were in the office, her ear was a mess), checked her eyes, her mouth (so glad we've been working on getting her to open her mouth to show us that her food is all gone!), her tummy, etc. He asked the developmental questions and confirmed that Baby Girl is a genius. :) He checked out the evidence of her battle with the sidewalk (as confirmed by the nurse AND the doc--the sidewalk won...eep!).
And he listened to her heart. Because since about 6 months (or was it 9?), Baby Girl has presented a heart murmur. And I think about it almost every single night when she lays down to go to bed because I'm afraid that little ticker is just going to stop. In which case, my little ticker is going to stop as well.
The heart murmur? Still there. Dr. W says we should hear from a cardiologist office at the pediatric hospital in town and we should expect to be taking her for an appointment sometime next week. He said he would bet $100,000 that it isn't a problem, but said that since Baby Girl is worth $1 million to him, he wouldn't take any chances (see why we love him???).
And while he was referring us to specialists, he decided we should also see an endocrinologist. Apparently Baby Girl's bewbies are too big for a baby her age and he's concerned that she's moving toward puberty too quickly. My suspicion would be that she's still getting hormones from me. It's not like she needs a bra, but they are bigger than other babies'--even the sitter pointed it out. But she isn't presenting any other symptoms that might suggest a problem, which is encouraging. That office (also at the pediatric hospital) will be contacting us in the next couple of weeks and we should expect to go see them within the month. ~sigh~
He told us again how wonderful she is (she was too busy playing peekaboo with Daddy around me to pay attention) and walked out. And in came the nurse. Only two pricks this time and while it wasn't fun for Daddy to hold her down, she had stopped crying by the time he picked her up. She even gave the nurse a smile before she left. So it wasn't too traumatizing for anyone involved....thank goodness. We do have to go back in a month to get her flu shot booster. Blech.
So that was our appointment. She's perfect...except for the heart and the bewbies. But we'll get those checked out and everything will be wonderful :)
Now, to update her development:
Eating:
Baby Girl is eating pretty much anything we put in front of her. She isn't a big fan of green beans and doesn't love ground meat, but will eat both. She would snack on peas all day if we'd let her (and it's not like we're denying her). She still LOVES Cheerios and has had a few different new foods, but nothing terribly exciting--just whatever we eat. I think the most interesting thing she's eaten is taco sauce by the spoonful.
Verbal:
Baby Girl has about 20 words: duck, dog, hi, hello, no, help, up, down, walk, rock, sock, shoe, juice, please, truck, daddy, mom, peas, done, ball, hat, slide, swing...and I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting.
She knows the noises for these animals: cow, duck, dog, elephant (sometimes), tiger, bear
Signing:
Baby Girl can sign: please, eat, milk, more, thank you
Mobility:
Baby Girl is running everywhere. She spins in circles (hilarious) and walks backwards. She very rarely crawls, but when she does, it looks so funny! She can get on and off of her riding toys like a champ (for awhile she'd aways swing the wrong leg over it and face backwards), but has problems going forward. I'm sure if we worked with her to learn to go forward, she'd get it, but it's fun to watch her scoot around backward for now.
Nursing:
She is nursing 4 times a day and once overnight on the weekends (she nurses before work, before bed, and overnight during the week). I'm pumping around 6 ounces a day and she's drinking about 25 ounces of milk from a sippy each week.
Cognitive:
Baby Girl knows the following body parts: head, toes, feet, hands, fingers, nose, tongue, mouth, hair, eyes, ears, belly, belly button
Just last night, she impressed us by knowing the difference between the red ball and the football. I figured she would get whichever one she'd been playing with most recently, but she threw the football, then I said, "where is the red ball" and she turned around and found her red ball and threw it.
Personality:
Baby Girl is an incredibly loving little girl. She's quick to give hugs and kisses and some nights will switch between Mommy and Daddy 10 times giving kisses without prompting. She's stubborn and wants things her way, which has led to a few tantrums, but so far nothing we can't handle. At the end of the dinner each night, instead of telling us she's done (which she can do), she starts spreading her food around her tray and knocking it into her lap and onto the floor. Sometimes if we clear off the tray and give her only a few things, she'll keep on eating (and eating and eating and eating...). And sometimes she just wants her applesauce...NOW.
She is a thinker, though. Surprising for MY kid, eh? haha She looks at the world with inquisitive eyes, sometimes to the point where it looks like she's scowling. She's just learning. And within a little bit we can usually break that with tickles and giggles. She's SO HAPPY. She may not be giggly happy (unless we're chasing or tickling her), but she doesn't cry unless she doesn't want to be sleeping. She's incredibly resilient (that battle with the sidewalk? No tears (from her...we're not talking about mommy's state)) and always bounces back from tumbles that her daddy and I think could cripple us.
Happy 15 months, kiddo. We love you and the little girl you're becoming!
First, the stats:
Length (now that she's standing (although not to be measured), it is height???): 30 1/4" (50th percentile)
Weight: 21 lbs 12 oz (8 oz gained in two weeks? Whoa.) (25th percentile)
Head: 47 cm (approx. 80th percentile--have I ever mentioned how glad I am that I didn't pass this noggin through my vajayjay?)
We arrived, she made eyes at everyone in the well waiting room, looked at fish, read a few books...in other words, we waited...and waited...guess that's what happens when you have the last appointment of the day. She got measured, then we waited...and she begged to put her clothes back on...and we waited.
And then. Then she figured out how much fun it is to stomp on the paper on the exam table. So we did that for about 10 minutes. She was marching back and forth, back and forth. Crunch crunch crunch. Seriously adorable.
Dr. W came in and did the normal checking out. Looked at her ears (since the last time we were in the office, her ear was a mess), checked her eyes, her mouth (so glad we've been working on getting her to open her mouth to show us that her food is all gone!), her tummy, etc. He asked the developmental questions and confirmed that Baby Girl is a genius. :) He checked out the evidence of her battle with the sidewalk (as confirmed by the nurse AND the doc--the sidewalk won...eep!).
And he listened to her heart. Because since about 6 months (or was it 9?), Baby Girl has presented a heart murmur. And I think about it almost every single night when she lays down to go to bed because I'm afraid that little ticker is just going to stop. In which case, my little ticker is going to stop as well.
The heart murmur? Still there. Dr. W says we should hear from a cardiologist office at the pediatric hospital in town and we should expect to be taking her for an appointment sometime next week. He said he would bet $100,000 that it isn't a problem, but said that since Baby Girl is worth $1 million to him, he wouldn't take any chances (see why we love him???).
And while he was referring us to specialists, he decided we should also see an endocrinologist. Apparently Baby Girl's bewbies are too big for a baby her age and he's concerned that she's moving toward puberty too quickly. My suspicion would be that she's still getting hormones from me. It's not like she needs a bra, but they are bigger than other babies'--even the sitter pointed it out. But she isn't presenting any other symptoms that might suggest a problem, which is encouraging. That office (also at the pediatric hospital) will be contacting us in the next couple of weeks and we should expect to go see them within the month. ~sigh~
He told us again how wonderful she is (she was too busy playing peekaboo with Daddy around me to pay attention) and walked out. And in came the nurse. Only two pricks this time and while it wasn't fun for Daddy to hold her down, she had stopped crying by the time he picked her up. She even gave the nurse a smile before she left. So it wasn't too traumatizing for anyone involved....thank goodness. We do have to go back in a month to get her flu shot booster. Blech.
So that was our appointment. She's perfect...except for the heart and the bewbies. But we'll get those checked out and everything will be wonderful :)
Now, to update her development:
Eating:
Baby Girl is eating pretty much anything we put in front of her. She isn't a big fan of green beans and doesn't love ground meat, but will eat both. She would snack on peas all day if we'd let her (and it's not like we're denying her). She still LOVES Cheerios and has had a few different new foods, but nothing terribly exciting--just whatever we eat. I think the most interesting thing she's eaten is taco sauce by the spoonful.
Verbal:
Baby Girl has about 20 words: duck, dog, hi, hello, no, help, up, down, walk, rock, sock, shoe, juice, please, truck, daddy, mom, peas, done, ball, hat, slide, swing...and I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting.
She knows the noises for these animals: cow, duck, dog, elephant (sometimes), tiger, bear
Signing:
Baby Girl can sign: please, eat, milk, more, thank you
Mobility:
Baby Girl is running everywhere. She spins in circles (hilarious) and walks backwards. She very rarely crawls, but when she does, it looks so funny! She can get on and off of her riding toys like a champ (for awhile she'd aways swing the wrong leg over it and face backwards), but has problems going forward. I'm sure if we worked with her to learn to go forward, she'd get it, but it's fun to watch her scoot around backward for now.
Nursing:
She is nursing 4 times a day and once overnight on the weekends (she nurses before work, before bed, and overnight during the week). I'm pumping around 6 ounces a day and she's drinking about 25 ounces of milk from a sippy each week.
Cognitive:
Baby Girl knows the following body parts: head, toes, feet, hands, fingers, nose, tongue, mouth, hair, eyes, ears, belly, belly button
Just last night, she impressed us by knowing the difference between the red ball and the football. I figured she would get whichever one she'd been playing with most recently, but she threw the football, then I said, "where is the red ball" and she turned around and found her red ball and threw it.
Personality:
Baby Girl is an incredibly loving little girl. She's quick to give hugs and kisses and some nights will switch between Mommy and Daddy 10 times giving kisses without prompting. She's stubborn and wants things her way, which has led to a few tantrums, but so far nothing we can't handle. At the end of the dinner each night, instead of telling us she's done (which she can do), she starts spreading her food around her tray and knocking it into her lap and onto the floor. Sometimes if we clear off the tray and give her only a few things, she'll keep on eating (and eating and eating and eating...). And sometimes she just wants her applesauce...NOW.
She is a thinker, though. Surprising for MY kid, eh? haha She looks at the world with inquisitive eyes, sometimes to the point where it looks like she's scowling. She's just learning. And within a little bit we can usually break that with tickles and giggles. She's SO HAPPY. She may not be giggly happy (unless we're chasing or tickling her), but she doesn't cry unless she doesn't want to be sleeping. She's incredibly resilient (that battle with the sidewalk? No tears (from her...we're not talking about mommy's state)) and always bounces back from tumbles that her daddy and I think could cripple us.
Happy 15 months, kiddo. We love you and the little girl you're becoming!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
I haven't forgotten
I haven't forgotten at all about your questions and my giveaway, I'm just distracted with a puking baby.
Four month appointment was yesterday (also got family photos done beforehand). According to the doctor, she's perfect. :)
Stats:
Weight: 13 lbs 14 oz (just over 50th percentile)
Length: 23 7/8 inches (just under 50th percentile)
Head: somewhere around 41 cm, I think--around 60th percentile
The doctor laughed when I told him that lots of people keep telling me how teeny baby is. He said she's perfect. We also got the clearance to start cereals (starting with barley or oatmeal since she's only pooing once a week or so--apparently rice can really back baby up). Not sure when we'll start that.
Anyway, after the appointment, we went to the mall. Baby was very well-behaved, but kept spitting up on DH's shirt (she was in the front carrier). She was happy and just took in all the people and commotion. She passed out in the car on the way home, so we ran a few more errands (DH ran into the stores while I drove in circles to keep baby sleeping). Once awake again, she started spitting up more.
I called the nurse to explain what was happening. She wanted to know if it was vomiting or just spitting up (vomit apparently is more forceful...but I have no idea what this is). She told us to try giving her some Pedia.lyte to see if she can keep that down. We were going to try this, but she kept down a lot more of her next feeding, so we decided maybe she was feeling better. She had a good night--was her normal happy self and all...just spitting up much more than usual.
DH was so concerned about it that he slept in the rocking chair until she woke for her first feeding just in case she choked at some point in the night. It was so sweet. She was fine, of course :)
This morning, though, she started spitting up/vomiting quite a bit again. We decided to take her to the sitter's anyway, but as we put her in her coat, she did it again. That's when we decided to keep her home. DH has her this morning and is trying to give her the Pedia.lyte (she refused it the first time). She's still happy and playful and not getting dehydrated, so we're trying not to worry too much and are hoping it's just a reaction to a vaccine or something. I'm heading home around noon to trade out (DH has a 1:00 meeting) and hoping she's feeling much better by the time I get there.
Four month appointment was yesterday (also got family photos done beforehand). According to the doctor, she's perfect. :)
Stats:
Weight: 13 lbs 14 oz (just over 50th percentile)
Length: 23 7/8 inches (just under 50th percentile)
Head: somewhere around 41 cm, I think--around 60th percentile
The doctor laughed when I told him that lots of people keep telling me how teeny baby is. He said she's perfect. We also got the clearance to start cereals (starting with barley or oatmeal since she's only pooing once a week or so--apparently rice can really back baby up). Not sure when we'll start that.
Anyway, after the appointment, we went to the mall. Baby was very well-behaved, but kept spitting up on DH's shirt (she was in the front carrier). She was happy and just took in all the people and commotion. She passed out in the car on the way home, so we ran a few more errands (DH ran into the stores while I drove in circles to keep baby sleeping). Once awake again, she started spitting up more.
I called the nurse to explain what was happening. She wanted to know if it was vomiting or just spitting up (vomit apparently is more forceful...but I have no idea what this is). She told us to try giving her some Pedia.lyte to see if she can keep that down. We were going to try this, but she kept down a lot more of her next feeding, so we decided maybe she was feeling better. She had a good night--was her normal happy self and all...just spitting up much more than usual.
DH was so concerned about it that he slept in the rocking chair until she woke for her first feeding just in case she choked at some point in the night. It was so sweet. She was fine, of course :)
This morning, though, she started spitting up/vomiting quite a bit again. We decided to take her to the sitter's anyway, but as we put her in her coat, she did it again. That's when we decided to keep her home. DH has her this morning and is trying to give her the Pedia.lyte (she refused it the first time). She's still happy and playful and not getting dehydrated, so we're trying not to worry too much and are hoping it's just a reaction to a vaccine or something. I'm heading home around noon to trade out (DH has a 1:00 meeting) and hoping she's feeling much better by the time I get there.
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