9 Month Appointment

Ian had his 9 month doctor appointment this morning. It had been scheduled for Tuesday, but I pushed it back so it would be within 30 days of his surgery so the doctor could also complete that clearance at the same time. He didn't cry when they pricked his finger for the hemoglobin test (10.9, which is normal), even when the nurse had to take off the band-aid and squeeze out more blood because she accidently dropped the first slide. He cried during the exam by the doctor, and he cried when the nurse gave him his flu shot. He was asleep in my arms when his leg was stabbed for the shot. What a rude awakening that was! He weighed 19lb 12oz (35th percentile), has a head circumference of 46cm (69th percentile), and is 27 inches long (11th percentile). The nurse called him a little peanut, but he's grown a lot! At his 6 month check-up he was at the 25th percentile for weight, 50th for head circumference, and 3rd for height. He's a growing boy! I asked the doctor about Ian's difficulties with eating solid foods. He gave Ian a referral to a feeding clinic. His appointment has been set up for October 1st. I'm going to be really aggressive over the next 2 weeks in trying to get him eating solid foods other than orange veggies in the hopes I can cancel that appointment, but if he's still gagging on baby cereal and such, I'll take him to that appointment.

On the way to the doctor's we made three stops. I've been getting a lot of practice taking the kids in and out of their carseats and using the new double stroller.  I had promised Nadia if she was good that we'd have lunch at McD's. I have to say she was good as gold. She sat nicely in the double stroller at the doctor's office. Ian would rather have come straight home, but Nadia definitely enjoyed her happy meal complete with a tiny little ice cream cone.

Ian woke up at 5:02am this morning. I should be grateful for an extra 15 minutes. I got him right away because I wanted Nadia to get more sleep, and she did sleep until almost 7am. Her naps the last few days had been longer than usual (3 hours) because she'd been waking up so early due to Ian. In contrast, she really fought me on taking a nap today (which never happens), but finally at 2:20pm she fell asleep. I'm glad I persevered. :-)