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M and I took Evelyn to her nine-month well baby visit today, on her ten-month birthday. They are really good at scheduling at my pediatrician's office! ;) It was nice to have M with me. We are all about the togetherness and he hasn't been able to come much. I don't think he's been since she was two months old. Anyway! My baby is now officially off the growth charts. She was at 95% at four months, 97% at six months, and she is now hovering somewhere above the curve. I liked the way Dr. Happy* described it--at 97%, if you line up 100 babies, 3 of them will be bigger than she is. Being off the charts... well, you might have to line up 800 babies. *giggle* Still perfectly the same for height and weight. Her head is at 90% or something. I don't really know what to DO with head measurements. I know what height and weight means but heads? I dunno. He also said she was pretty, so clearly he knows his stuff.
Last night, M and I made the decision to not jump back on the vaccination track right away. She missed her shots at six months because she was sick--they were willing to give them but I wasn't willing for her to have them. I wouldn't let them start in the hospital, so she has only received two sets. We're not set on exactly what our plan is going to be, but it's going to involve some delays. He was pretty cool about it, although he did make it clear that he did not agree that there was a reason to worry about them. He did suggest that we make a plan soon so we didn't end up just putting it off forever. I'll be looking into it soon, I guess. I could never get interested in that before because I think it's terribly boring to read about, but I guess I'll just have to suck it up and do it. I do still think that vaccines are good things and I do think she will get them eventually. I might write about this more once I have actual opinions rather than general feelings.
I have felt a bit off today, possibly because I was up at the asscrack of dawn to be at the office by eight. Just think, I used to be at work at that time every day! Or, a close approximation of that time. :) I cannot tell you how much I love staying how with E. It's fantastic. M also is glad. He pointed it out to me at two in the morning recently, when he handed me a crying baby. "I'm so glad you aren't working," he said, and stumbled back to bed. I jest. Well, that's a true story, but she is just hungry in the middle of the night. The doctor also pretty much endorsed crying it out when she wakes up at night. Not our thing at this point but I suppose his point was that nutritionally, she does not require feeding during the night. Anyway, she's been waking up a lot lately, most every night actually I guess it would make sense to get in bed so I can get a little sleep before she wakes up... unless she sleeps through again like last night. I can always hope.
*He is the most cheerful person either of us have ever met. He is loud and happy. Evelyn was terrified of him. He said that he could see she had the typical stranger anxiety. I didn't want to hurt his feelings so I didn't tell him that it was pretty much just him, actually. But he's nice and I think he's a good doctor and we like him. I've seen several doctors.
Last night, M and I made the decision to not jump back on the vaccination track right away. She missed her shots at six months because she was sick--they were willing to give them but I wasn't willing for her to have them. I wouldn't let them start in the hospital, so she has only received two sets. We're not set on exactly what our plan is going to be, but it's going to involve some delays. He was pretty cool about it, although he did make it clear that he did not agree that there was a reason to worry about them. He did suggest that we make a plan soon so we didn't end up just putting it off forever. I'll be looking into it soon, I guess. I could never get interested in that before because I think it's terribly boring to read about, but I guess I'll just have to suck it up and do it. I do still think that vaccines are good things and I do think she will get them eventually. I might write about this more once I have actual opinions rather than general feelings.
I have felt a bit off today, possibly because I was up at the asscrack of dawn to be at the office by eight. Just think, I used to be at work at that time every day! Or, a close approximation of that time. :) I cannot tell you how much I love staying how with E. It's fantastic. M also is glad. He pointed it out to me at two in the morning recently, when he handed me a crying baby. "I'm so glad you aren't working," he said, and stumbled back to bed. I jest. Well, that's a true story, but she is just hungry in the middle of the night. The doctor also pretty much endorsed crying it out when she wakes up at night. Not our thing at this point but I suppose his point was that nutritionally, she does not require feeding during the night. Anyway, she's been waking up a lot lately, most every night actually I guess it would make sense to get in bed so I can get a little sleep before she wakes up... unless she sleeps through again like last night. I can always hope.
*He is the most cheerful person either of us have ever met. He is loud and happy. Evelyn was terrified of him. He said that he could see she had the typical stranger anxiety. I didn't want to hurt his feelings so I didn't tell him that it was pretty much just him, actually. But he's nice and I think he's a good doctor and we like him. I've seen several doctors.
