9 month check up
Today Katherine had her 9 month check up. I took a picture of her on the scale but when I got it back it was a little too “nekid baby” to post on the internet and you could not read the numbers very well anyway.
Stats:
Height 27.75 in - 50%
Weight 15 lb 7 oz - 5%
Head 44.5 cm - 70%
So, Katherine has a large smart brain and is tall and skinny like a supermodel. Dr. H was not concerned about the fact that she dropped from the 15th to the 5th percentile, mainly because Katherine is being compared to a national average of 9 month olds, mostly who are on formula and eating chicken nuggets! Maybe not quite that bad, but most kids eat a lot more normal people food and Katherine still prefers to breastfeed over any kind of solids. In fact, today she would only eat 2 mites of yo baby yogurt at breakfast before closing her mouth tight and turning her head to the side. Lunch was not much better with about 10 bites of applesauce and 3 more bites of yo baby. Dinner was better, eating about 1/2 of a jar of chicken and sweet potato dinner. I decided I am going to stop with the yo baby for now because I have noticed that her face gets red around her mouth after she eats it. Too bad I did not realize that until after I went to the doctor.
Dr. H and I discussed Katherine’s sleeping habits as well. She said if Katherine has not found a bedtime routine that puts herself to sleep without breastfeeding first that whe will not break that habit on her own at this point. So, it is up to us to break that habit and also her desire to feed at night. She said it is best to make major changes like this over a weekend so pray for us this weekend as we plan to implement a few changes. Mama is ready to get more sleep and I would love it if she would go to bed easier.
Overall we had a clean bill of health. Even though she has been so congestion her ears and throat are clear and there was no sign of her brief stomach illness. Also her iron count was normal which surprised me since she does not like her iron fortified cereal.
When I left I schedule her one year appointment. That felt weird. Also, I weight myself on the doctor’s scale and according to that I have lost 10 pounds since I weighted my self at my in-laws this weekend. I find that highly unlikely since it was Thanksgiving but the doctor’s office insisted that their scale was correct. Great news for me and for anyone else who weighed on the scale in Wichita Falls this weekend.
