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NUMB3ERS: One Year Check-Up

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IMG_2459Man, I feel like I’ll be talking about Avery’s one-year mark for weeks… Another big event that came along with turning ONE was his one-year doctor’s visit.  Here’s our recap of the visit in fun numbers style…

2 – The number of girls Avery flirted with in the waiting room before our appointment.  He’s such a ‘ladies man‘.

4 – Shots.  Avery had the flu shot for the first time, and a few others.  He was such a champ.  He cried for less than a minute and he hasn’t shown any signs of reactions, yet!

21 – Avery weighs 21lbs and 6 ounces!  I was sooo excited.  He’d been hovering above 20 pounds the past two months and I was hoping he’d pass the 21 marker, and he did!  This puts him in the 29th percentile… up from 21st percentile at his 9 month check-up.

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30 – Avery is now 30 inches tall!  That’s up 1inch since his last visit at 9 months.  This also means he is only 31-1/2 inches away from passing me in height!  He’s still on the tall side, in the 58th percentile.

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47 – The size of Avery’s BIG head (in cm).  It grew 1 1/2 cm since last visit… and he’s still on the BIG side at the 69th percentile, up from the 55th last visit!  Big head =  big brain, right?

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How’s Avery doing developmentally for 12-months?  Here’s a few items on the checklist of items she asked about:

  • Walking?: Check!
  • Talking? Check!  We did let the doc know we’re a little concerned because he’s not a big talker.  He does babble a lot, and the doc said that was good.
  • Drinking Milk? Check!
  • Teeth? Check!
  • Eating using the Pincher Grasp?: Check!
  • Does he Bang toys Together? Check!
  • Sleeping thru the Night? No!  Oh did we have a talk with her about this.  The doc suggested a few things and we’re on our way to sleeping thru the night… Avery’s slept much better this week! Catch up on our sleep struggles here, here, here, and here.
  • Does he Point? No!  Avery doesn’t really point…something we need to work on I guess?

Psst… checkout more turning one posts about The Last Formula and a sneak peak at Avery’s SUPER Birthday Party

The 9-Month Check Up

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Avery had his 9-month check-up this week.  Yup, he’s already 3/4 of a year old!!! Which means… yes, I’m already planning his 1st Birthday Party!  More details on that to come…

So, on Tuesday before the big holiday, we visited the doctor to get measured, poked, and prodded.  Avery was surprisingly excited…

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Here are some stats on how he measured up…

Height: 29in. (74.13%) He grew 1-1/2 inches since his 6-month check-up.

Weight: 18lb 13.2oz (21.18%) He gained just over 2 pounds since his 6-month check-up.

Head Circumference: 45.5cm (55.2%) His ‘big head’ got even bigger, by 1-1/2 cm!

Like our doctor says, ‘What’s Avery up to these days?’

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  • Eating.  Avery has 24-30oz of formula a day.  3 meals (fruit for breakfast, veggie at lunch, protein for dinner) and one snack, usually yogurt or applesauce in the afternoon.  He is also eating finger foods!  He loves chomping on crackers with his two teeth, and picking up ‘puffs’ or ‘crunchies’.  He loves all the foods he has tried… but doesn’t care for watermelon or anything chunky.  He can hold a sippy cup but doesn’t quite understand how to tip it up like a bottle just yet – he usually just chews on it like a toy.
  • Sleeping.  Avery STILL isn’t sleeping through the night.  Our sleep struggles are still ongoing.  When he starts sleeping through the night 2-3 nights in a row, something comes up like he catches a cold, or we travel and his schedule gets messed up and we have to work on building it up again.  Someday we’ll get it figured out!  But he does sleep enough hours in a day.  He will go down at 645PM, wake once at night and have a bottle for 20 minutes, then wake again at 530/6AM.  And he has 2-3 naps a day lasting 45 minutes to 2 hours.

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  • Playing.  Right now, Avery loves being pushed around in his car (who wouldn’t love being chauffered around!?), playing in his baths, going to the park, banging on things, and loves being pushed around in a shopping cart or his stroller.

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  • Mobility.  Avery is a crawler!  He moves around the house so quickly and is now pulling up on everything, even vertical walls.  I swear he’s half spider-man!  He even tries to pull away and stand alone when you hold his hands.
  • Safety. We’ve been building our baby-proofing tools… we have a gate to the only stairway in the house, and we just got some cool foam mats so Avery won’t bonk his head on the hardwood floors.  We’ll have to soon add cabinet locks because Avery now loves opening cabinets in the kitchen and bathroom!
  • Health.  In the past couple weeks Avery has had a cold or allergies, or a mix of both.  He has been in good spirits and eating well, so nothing major.  He did have a little diaper rash for a couple days too – nothing a little Desitin couldn’t fix!  We’re very fortunate to have such a happy and healthy little guy!

What should we expect next?  Do you think Avery will walk soon, or say his first word?  Will it be Ma-Ma or Da-Da?!!  Watching him grow and develop has been so exciting…

Avery’s 6-month Check-up

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Last week, Avery had his 6-month check-up.  He got measured, weighed, poked and prodded, and got a couple shots.  He was extra-squirmy and made quite a mess of the paper on the exam table, but with my help, the nurse was able to check all the important stuff, and the verdict?  He’s doing great!  The nurse asked and answered a bunch of questions about eating, development, etc.  and when the questions about sleeping came up, she said we were doing the right thing, and just keep working at it… so our little sleep problem will stay a mystery…

Now for the exciting part… the numbers and charts that show his growth!

length: 27.5″ (75.28%).  Avery grew 1.75 inches in the past month – moved up from the 52nd percentile to the 75th!

weight: 16 lb 10.4 oz (23.35%).  Avery’s desire to eat everything in sight has resulted in 2 1/2 pounds gained in the past month!

head circumference: 44 cm (47.10%).  This is the big shocker… Avery’s head grew 3cm from the 14th percentile last month, to the 47th percentile!

From the growth patterns on his chart so far, I think he has his Daddy’s height (Mommy’s only 5′-2″…on a good day) .  Maybe we have a future NBA player on our hands?  And did you see how much his head grew!? The nurse measured it twice because she thought it was wrong.  Nope, he just has a big head!  He’s still on the slender side… but he eats like a champ, so we’re not worried.  And now that he’s closing in on 30″ for height, we’re getting prepared to graduate him to a new carseat very soon!

Some more exciting numbers and info about Avery at 6 months:

Clothing Size: 9-12 months.  Since he’s long, he’s in bigger clothes than his age.  I’ve had to store away almost all his 6-month size clothes already!

Sock Size: 12-24 months.  Seriously.  He’s outgrown all his socks, other than the ones he just got for Easter.  Can you say, ‘Big Foot?’

Favorite Toy: Octy.  His blue octopus that’s actually a bath toy, but it’s so easy for him to grip with both hands that he’s become attached to it.

Favorite Position: Standing up.  He loves being held up and bouncing on his feet or leaning on something.

Least Favorite Position: He hates being on his back.  He automatically flips over to his tummy.  This makes changing him quite an adventure.  I’ve gotten pretty good at changing his diaper ‘upside-down’ :)

Hates: His bottle being taken away (even after he’s eaten it all), giving in for naps (he tries to fight them off so he doesn’t miss anything), and being put in his car seat (he arches his back and screams because he just wants to stand or sit up straight)

Loves: Formula.  Tummy time in his gym.  People watching in the jogging stroller, anything with lights!

Sleeping: He puts himself to sleep after a couple minutes of fussing when he goes down at night.  But he still wakes up in the middle of the night multiple times, and sometimes can only be consoled with a bottle in the early morning hours.  We’re working on this…

Eating: 30 oz. of formula a day, 3 meals of fruit/veggie & rice cereal a day.  We recently started adding a yogurt snack in the afternoon and he loves it!

New Stuff: He knows how to move around in his walker to grab and pull things down!  He’s ALMOST crawling. He’s learning to pickup food with his fingers and put in his mouth.  He’s starting to babble more!

Did you miss Avery’s charts from his 5-month doctor’s visit?  See here. Does your child’s physical features or habits come from you or your spouse?  I think Avery looks more like Vinay, and his height and slender build is defintely more like Daddy.  But Avery is always on the go, like Mommy, and gets bored easily if he’s not entertained.