We attended Colin's 9 month well baby checkup today (yes, on the correct day!) and things went pretty well, considering! The stats:
22 lbs, 11 oz (75 - 90th percentile)
30 inches long (95th percentile)
My little man is such a big boy!! He went up in both percentiles and he also went up on his head circumference percentile, too. Now he is in the 97% for that! The pedi is not worried at this point, however. Big noggins run in my family (obviously!) and Jer's and he said that the soft spot on his head is almost completely closed and he looks great overall. He is just a big guy! He also told me not to stress out that Colin does not seem to want to crawl yet. He said he has seen babies that skip crawling all together..it is up to Colin. He has met all the other milestones that he needs to, including pulling himself up and standing (which you can see in today's adorable picture!), so he told me to not worry about it. As usual, this is easier said than done! :-) Colin gets up on all fours in his sleep, but he does not do it outside the crib yet. We shall see what happens!!
The time has come to start feeding Colin his solid meals prior to his bottles so that he is having a little less formula and more solids. He is taking about 32 oz of formula a day, as well as breakfast and dinner consisting of two tubs of stage two foods (or one jar of stage 3). We are going to start 3 meals a day with bottle afterwards to take him down to around 20 oz a day, give or take. I also have to start working on the sippy cup more. Colin just plays with it at this point and the time has come to really let him start practicing. We went to Wal-Mart this afternoon and picked up some new cups that Melanie told me worked great. The ones we have require Colin to really suck hard to get anything out and he just cannot figure them out. Mel pointed out some that have a light flow that will come out without Colin doing all the work, but light enough not to be a huge mess. Hopefully these help! I can't believe that I am already having to think about weaning Colin from the bottle! This is all going too fast!!! Colin's next appointment is his 12 MONTH! I just don't know how we got so far so fast.
The bad news is that Colin had to have wax removed from one of his ears, which he HATES. He did not even need to have it irrigated...just a little wand was used to scoop it out. He screamed like someone was stabbing him and then cried for the remainder of the visit. YIKES! Then, to add insult to injury, he had to get a CBC today! Let me tell you, having to hold your child with all your might while he screams bloody murder while a nurse spends minutes draining blood from his tiny finger is just as bad as it sounds!! I almost cried seeing Colin so upset! All that on top of his shots was a bit much. He fell asleep in the car on the way home and then proceeded to sleep for two more hours when we got to the house. He has been in good spirits since he got up, so hopefully the worst is over and he won't have the bad night that he had after his 6 months shots. :-) So that is our visit in a nutshell. Colin is growing up!!
2 comments:
Lordy he IS a big boy! 95th percentille is impressive. Please explain to me how such a petite little mama can produce a 95th percentille babe? And me (the Amazon) has babes who are struggling to GAIN weight. Something is off. :)
Wax removal sucks. Kate had it once and she made sounds I didn't know a human (at any age) could make. Poor guy.
I've never heard of a baby skipping the crawling stage. Colin just isn't ready yet. No biggie. One day he will magically just take off and then you will kick yourself in the ass for worrying about it. I did! I long for the days of babies who stayed in one place! :)
Just think...Kate was 13 months old before she started sitting unsupported. Now that is screwy!
We are using the Nuby sippy cups, and they are finally kinda sorta getting into them.
I have heard of babies skipping crawling...apparently it isn't even listed as an official "milestone" because crawling is just something they do to get around, and it doesnot represent some sort of physical development that is mastered on the continuum between sitting and walking.
But all babies go at their own pace and seem to have their own priorities...Gabby was so ready to crawl, she was contantly pushing herself, trying to move around, getting frustrated for not being more mobile. She crawled at 7 mo and walked at 11. BUT, she is way behind the curve verbally. She still mostly babbles, and doesn't use words like most 15 month-olds should. If she is the same at 18 months, we are going to be referred to a speech therapist for tests. At this point the doctor said that it is not anything to be concerned about YET, but yeah- it is hard not to worry! It would be fine if I could just have some confirmation that there isn't something WRONG with her, and that she will just a late talker. I could handle that. I just hate the thought in the back of my head that this is the result of some sort of problem.
We use the Nuby sippies too...the ones that have a soft rubber top. I know another mom whose baby did not take well to sippies, and she found that her baby really liked the ones with straws in them. It took Gabby a lot longer to master a straw, but now that she has- she LOVES to drink from a straw.
Oh, I remember that horrible blood test. It sucked! At least shots are over and done with quickly. It was agonizing the length of time this thing took.
Love the picture, what a grown up little man!
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