Brynlee had her 9 month check-up yesterday at the Doctor's office. (Even though she doesn't turn 9 months until Jan 1st, it was nice to sneak her appointment in when we were both off of work.)
These are her stats:
Weight: 18 lbs. 6 oz - 50%tile
Height: 28.25 in. - 75%tile
Head: 17.5 in. - 50%tile
We were surprised that her height was 75%tile! She is a little tall for her age, which I think seems weird since her cheeks are so chubby, we don't think of her as being tallish. We were not surprised by 50%tile for weight. She seems pretty much average and right on for clothes sizes and stuff. She has been a little above 50%tile until now, she was right on, so I guess percentilewise she has dropped a little.
She is doing great in every aspect! The Doctor said it looks like she is pretty advanced in everything, especially the mobility aspect! haha! Which, we already knew. She is getting closer to standing on her own and will move from person to person walking with only holding on with 2 fingers. The doctor was also very impressed that she will repeat 'words' back to you. She will repeat bye-bye, da da, ma ma, ba ba. Not every time, of course, but most of the time! Grady always tells us, "She is just saying ba ba, she wants her blanket!" or "Brynlee can't talk Mommy, she's too little" after he hears me try to get her to talk back to me! haha! (On another note- Grady has also started to mimic how she talks and talks in baby talk, which can be somewhat annoying to his mom and dad, but Brynlee loves it!)
She got the 2nd dose of her flu shot at the appointment, which she was not happy about, but did great. She stopped crying as the nurse was leaving the room, looked right at the nurse, stared her down, and then looked back and me and started crying on my shoulder again. It was so funny! She did NOT like that mean nurse!
Next on our list with Brynlee: Start giving her some meats, variety of foods. We've been pretty hesitant to give her meats or other table foods yet since she wasn't ever eating baby food very well. We wanted her to be better with the baby foods first and feel like she was getting some nutrition. And by "we" I mean "I" because Paul has always wanted to just skip the baby food since she wouldn't eat it anyway, but I'm the one who said no. She will eat ANY table food we have given her. There is nothing she doesn't like so far. Even pickles! So, I knew that if we kept giving her "good" table foods that she would never eat the baby foods! We usually hide her snacks, puffs, other table foods we are eating until she has eaten a little bit of her baby food or she will refuse it.
She LOVES pancakes and waffles as much as her brother does! She does a great job of eating everything and has only had 1 or 2 times total in the past couple of months that she has started to gag/choke. VERY UNLIKE HER BROTHER! HE still throws up once or twice a week (at least) because of this...and because he is so picky and will only eat like 5 different foods....and because he eats so fast and crazy and has no patience.... But, this post is supposed to be about Brynlee! He's another story! :)
So anyway, at 9 months she is doing great!!!! We are SO blessed!!
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