Baby Stats

Taryn had her 9 to 10 month check-up yesterday, so here's the lowdown.

She's 17 lbs, 14 ozs, and 27.25 inches long. A little rinky-dink if you ask me, but the Pedi said her weight is perfect for her height. He did suggest giving her more calories since she's super-active (she was crawling all over the exam table, pulling up on the wall, knocking posters off, and generally being her charming self). He also okayed me to stop pumping and just nurse her as long as I feel comfortable doing it since we're going to start feeding her solids 4 times per day instead of three.

He said that her socio-emotional development was perfect, she super chatty, which kind of surprised me becasue she's usually a bit more reserved when she's in a new place, but she also started giggling when I tickled her toes, which the Doc said is great. She started crying when he took off her diaper to check her lymph nodes, and he said developmentally she's right on track to be worried when a stranger touches her, and she looks to us for reassurance.

And yay. We all knew this next one, but he said her gross and fine motor skills were on the advanced range of normal, sitting by herself, crawling, pulling up, cruising, turning pages in a book, grabbing her binkie with two fingers... he said he'd be surprised if she wasn't walking within 6 weeks. Joy. No really, I'm stoked. Can't you tell?

So there it is, my healthy little girl with a ginormous head. Her Doc even humored me to say it's probably because she's got a big brain. Ha. 17.75cm. Dang!