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It was back to the doctor's office today for Erin's 9 month check up. She's doing great. Dr. Elahee said her only assignment from last time was to grow and she has certainly been doing her homework!
On the 9 month visit there are no shots but they do take blood for an anemia test. We finished the exam and here are our other stats.
Weight: 22.6 lbs (95th percentile)
Height: 29.25 inches (95th percentile)
Head: 45 cm (77th percentile)
They had me sit on the exam table and hold Erin in my lap while they took her blood. She just watched them and didn't make a peep. They put the day-glo orange band-aide on and she immediately stared at it then started sucking her thumb. The nurse was impressed. She said they usually start screaming when she has to squeeze their little fingers to fill the vial. (It should be noted that immediately after the nurse left, she started crying because she wanted to take a nap!) We all have our moments.
The doctor is not the least bit concerned that she isn't crawling. She said she might not crawl. She said she's strong enough to move right passed that into pulling up and walking. She's hitting all the other markers and certainly growing well.
The anemia test results came back and we're a little on the low side. Not low enough for medication, but still low. She said we need to increase her iron intake with diet. This would be much, much easier if Erin wasn't a picky eater like her father!!! She flat out refuses to eat anything but the stage I and II baby foods. And when I say that, I mean the fruits and sweet veggies. Nothing green and those meat foods are out of the question. (In her defense, I opened up the turkey and gravy tonight and it smelled a lot like cat food! I can't blame her for hating it!)
The challenge is going to be getting Pawpaw to force feed her the meats and veggies. When Erin says no, Pawpaw listens. That old man is soooo wrapped. It's going to get ugly around here! :)
Roxie said she's in the 95th percentile on cute!
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