Friday, March 18, 2011
Mugged
Piper's mug shot. Did you know they take a mug shot at the 9 month check-up? Well, only if your baby looks like trouble...
Just kidding, they don't take mug shots at the doctor's office. This one was taken at the Hennepin County records office when we applied for Piper's passport today!
So, back to her 9 month check-up. Piper's doing awesome!!!
Height: 28" (75 percentile!!!) (So that's why she's into 12 month sizes!)
Weight: 18 lbs 4 ounces (45-50 percentile!!!)
Head circumference: HUGE! 17.5 inches (75 percentile) (That must be because of all her brains.)
Tammy, our Nurse Practitioner, was very impressed by Piper's 'vocabulary' - she said the combinations of sounds she's making are advanced for her age. She thought that perhaps her motor skill development is a bit slower because all of her energy is going to the part of her brain that controls the constant - very musical and varied - jibber-jabber :)
Seriously though, her motor skills are just fine. She won't be the earliest crawler, or puller-upper, or walker. But she's developing at a reasonable pace.
And we've been given the green light to start giving her some table foods, so let the fun begin :)
The only negative part of the visit came when Piper needed a finger poke. She did NOT like that. But it was over relatively quickly (well, actually it felt like it took forever, but it was over eventually). And daddy was at the ready for some serious comforting.
That's all - a very successful visit! And in 4-6 weeks Piper will be cleared to leave the country. Watch out, world!
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