Monday, February 14, 2011

Baron's 12 month check up

I took Baron for his 12 month check up today. All went well (other than the misbehavior of my oldest son) and he's doing great. She said it's not unusal that he's not walking yet. And she somehow determined Baron to be very cautious in our 45 minute conversation. It's so strange how different my two children are in most every way!
But now for the fun part, Baron's statistics. I don't know why but that is my favorite part of every appointment. Baron is 24 pounds and 5 ounces putting him in the 73%. He is officially our first child to ever get a C at the doctor:) He's 31 1/2 inches (93%) and his head circumference is 18.75 inches (84%). And just for fun I looked back at Jackson's 12 month stats, he was 25 pounds 8 ounces (82%) and was 33 inches tall (97%). Jack was also in the 97% for head circumference.
I spoke with the doctor about Bear's diet and the fact that he sometimes goes days wihtout eating at all and then eats everything in sight for several days. She said that was fine. She also said it was not uncommon for him to only have 3 words. He says mama, dada and uh-oh. Uh oh is the only thing he says appropriately. Mama and dada can be said to person, place or thing so they do not actually mean mama or dada. She did say that by 15 months he should have 15 words. I'm not really going to bank on that though.
And lastly she said his diet seemed great and she was very happy about our green smoothes and juice plus and recommended that I nurse as long as possible. She said it was the best way to keep him healthy. Lately I have been checking the calendar and thinking about when we would quit (I'm a planner:) but I guess I'll just chill out and let Baron set the schedule!

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