Marie is doing great! She is 13lbs 9oz and supposedly 26in but I have my doubts on the height. When I measure her at home I can't stretch her any longer than 25in. Her iron is a little low so we are giving her drops. She comes in on the 0th percentile and is actually a full pound lighter than Greta and almost a pound lighter than Grace was at 9months! Her Dr is not concerned at all because she is growing steadily and she looks very healthy. I think it is obvious that she is so small because she never stops moving! Marie is very busy and is crawling, pulling up and taking steps while holding onto things.
She has also started saying some words. She uses Momma, Dada, Kitty, and Book consistently in the right context and has repeated Baby and Bye Bye when we've told her to say it but I'm not sure if she really knows those yet. She still doesn't have any teeth although one is starting to come up but she loves to eat! Unfortunately, the past few days she hasn't been wanting much baby food and is more interested in table food and especially food she can pick up. Considering she has no teeth, the amount and variety of finger foods she can eat isn't that great. Hopefully it is just because she has a runny nose and just isn't feeling much like eating right now.
Look at my big girl- learning her letters and reading books already!
Now for Grace and Greta-
This was a big check up for them! They were to have their blood pressure, hearing, and vision screened for the first time, had their iron re-checked, and got 4 shots! Unfortunately, we have to go back in 6 months and try again with the blood pressure, hearing, and vision screenings because the girls would not cooperate. They said the blood pressure cuff hurt. They couldn't get the hearing test results because they were crying too loudly because they didn't like the thing in their ears. After the blood pressure and hearing meltdowns, they would not talk to say what they could see on the vision test. They were both about 37in and 30lbs which is the 7th percentile and really good for them. Greta's iron is also low so she is getting drops too. They had a little fever and seemed a little sick for a couple days after the shots but it is hard to tell if it was a reaction to the shots or not because Marie and I had the same symptoms and we didn't get any shots.
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Marie also said "Nonnas" when asked to...
Maybe you could practice taking blood pressures and doing hearing tests with the girls at home...is there anywhere you can borrow the dealie to put in their ears? I know that you can get a blood pressure cuff at the drug store, we have one here at home. Anything you can do to help them understand that it's not a scary procedure.
I really like these photos...don't remember seeing this one of Marie??
I just love checkups! They are much more fun as a parent to see how they are progressing! Kaylea got her vision hearing and blood pressure done at her three year appt. She went with daddy to that one and thought she was a big girl... when she feels sick she isn't good at the doctor's, maybe they were just coming down with something? Marie is adorable and Greta and Grace too! Kay just measured 40 inches at the doctor and 38 lbs. She's the next female Shaq I think! lol
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