Knudson Peanut ... Version II

Paige had her 9 month well child doctors appointment on Monday. Evidentially she's taking after her brother.

17 lb 3 oz ~ 13 percentile
27 inches long ~ 31 percentile
Head circumference ... don't remember exactly but I know it was in the 60th percentile.

She gained pounds (was 15 something at 6 months) but dropped in overall percentile. The doctor didn't seem too worried based on the fact that Riley is such a skinny kid (at one point he'd dropped to the 4th percentile for weight). In fact, if she keeps gaining at the rate she is now I think she'll be at the exact same point Riley was at his one year check up.

And yes, she must have a big head. :) But I had to laugh when the nurse was trying to measure ... she made some kind of comment about needing to make sure the "crown" fit correctly ... yes, even others think she's a princess! Ha ha!

Dr. MacLaughlin also wasn't too worried about her weight because Miss Paige will literally eat anything that is put in front of her. She's basically off baby food and loves to feed herself. Some of her menu items at this time include .... asparagus, pasta, steamed veggies (carrots, celery, potato, peas and green beans), black beans, bread with hummus, banana (and she especially loves it when I'll let her bite off the banana that's still half covered with the peel), cheese, nectarines ... the list could go on and on because she seriously will eat ANYTHING!!

We also impressed Dr. M with her accomplishments developmentally. Paige drinks water out of a sippy cup at meal time, is feeding herself at meal times 99% of the time, is holding her own bottle all of the time, is pulling up and beginning to take a couple of steps around furniture and says "ma ma". Paige calmly sat there while Dr. M looked in her ears and then opened her mouth when Dr. M wanted to look in. Ha ha ... it was the funniest thing ... I'm sure it was a coincidence but we all had a good chuckle about it. And then, as if we hadn't "amazed" them all enough, Paige flinched when the nurse gave the shot in her leg ... but did not cry at all. This from the girl who was crying so hard at her 3 month shots that the nurses stopped in the middle so I could calm her down.

So yes, I'm quite proud of my little girl. Now if I could just figure out how to stop her from growing up ......