Ben's 9 month doctor appointment
I forgot to update the blog with this information, so here it is. Better late than never, right?
The doctor was quite pleased with Ben. Was happy to see that his rash is completely gone (and has been for a few months now.) We've recently switched his formula back from Good Start 2 to Enfapro A+ so hopefully we don't see a resurgence. Ben's been eating bits of dairy, mainly cheese, and a small taste of ice cream when he lunged at my cone of vanilla soft-serve the other day (it's fair to say Ben likes ice cream), so we figure he's digesting casein and whey proteins with no problem. Of course, the volume of these whole cow's milk proteins significantly increases with the formula, so we're watching to see, and we'll revert back to Good Start 2 if we need to.
Ben was in great spirits for his doctor. The doctor seems to get quite a kick out of him. Ben was laughing and smiling, and jumping in my lap. He cried, however, when he was startled by the doctor quickly unraveling the paper to cover the examination table.
Ben also performed his first impromptu clap at the doctor's office (happily, not like the video in my last post... ha!) The only clapping I'd seen up until then was clapping I'd prompted.
Anyway, let's get down to the nitty gritty, shall we? Ben is weighing in at a hefty and healthy 24 lbs. That puts him around 75th percentile. I found it hard to believe that 25% of babies Ben's age were heavier than him until I saw a 25 pounder yesterday who was only 7 months old. Huge! And while I don't recall Ben's specific height measurement, percentile-wise he's ~70-75th percentile, so he's all around well-proportioned. And he's dropped in percentile quite a bit, down from 95th+ for the longest time. Big or small though, so long as he's healthy, percentiles are just statistics, which we refuse to get hung up on.
So that's it! Ben's doing great. He's healthy, generally a happy, content little boy. And we're seeing more sides of his personality every day.
Oh, and he and his buddy Cooper are so much more interactive. It's a lot of fun watching them play together, steal one another's toys, and chatter to each other as if they've something really important to discuss. They're very cute together. And I think Ben's learning more about mobility by watching Cooper move around (he's like Visa - everywhere you want to be!)
And one last thing I almost forgot! Ben has started saying "mum-mum"... it's meaningless chatter for now, but he's been saying "dadadada" for some time now, so I figured this was noteworthy. ;)
The doctor was quite pleased with Ben. Was happy to see that his rash is completely gone (and has been for a few months now.) We've recently switched his formula back from Good Start 2 to Enfapro A+ so hopefully we don't see a resurgence. Ben's been eating bits of dairy, mainly cheese, and a small taste of ice cream when he lunged at my cone of vanilla soft-serve the other day (it's fair to say Ben likes ice cream), so we figure he's digesting casein and whey proteins with no problem. Of course, the volume of these whole cow's milk proteins significantly increases with the formula, so we're watching to see, and we'll revert back to Good Start 2 if we need to.
Ben was in great spirits for his doctor. The doctor seems to get quite a kick out of him. Ben was laughing and smiling, and jumping in my lap. He cried, however, when he was startled by the doctor quickly unraveling the paper to cover the examination table.
Ben also performed his first impromptu clap at the doctor's office (happily, not like the video in my last post... ha!) The only clapping I'd seen up until then was clapping I'd prompted.
Anyway, let's get down to the nitty gritty, shall we? Ben is weighing in at a hefty and healthy 24 lbs. That puts him around 75th percentile. I found it hard to believe that 25% of babies Ben's age were heavier than him until I saw a 25 pounder yesterday who was only 7 months old. Huge! And while I don't recall Ben's specific height measurement, percentile-wise he's ~70-75th percentile, so he's all around well-proportioned. And he's dropped in percentile quite a bit, down from 95th+ for the longest time. Big or small though, so long as he's healthy, percentiles are just statistics, which we refuse to get hung up on.
So that's it! Ben's doing great. He's healthy, generally a happy, content little boy. And we're seeing more sides of his personality every day.
Oh, and he and his buddy Cooper are so much more interactive. It's a lot of fun watching them play together, steal one another's toys, and chatter to each other as if they've something really important to discuss. They're very cute together. And I think Ben's learning more about mobility by watching Cooper move around (he's like Visa - everywhere you want to be!)
And one last thing I almost forgot! Ben has started saying "mum-mum"... it's meaningless chatter for now, but he's been saying "dadadada" for some time now, so I figured this was noteworthy. ;)
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