We had Addie's check up today and she is doing well. She weighs 15.15 lbs and is 29 inches tall. She is in the 35th percentile for her head, 25th percentile in height, and less than the 1st percentile in weight. The doctor wants me to add a scoop of Boost (like Ensure for babies) to her milk to see if we can get her to gain a little weight. The doctor said she probably just has a high metabolism because my sister and I weren't on the charts either, but Boost will give her lots of extra calories and maybe she won't be able to burn all of them.
She got 3 shots and was not too happy about that, but quickly recovered when I told her we'd watch Backyardigans in the car. Addie is doing a lot of walking today, not more than a few steps at a time but is choosing to walk around instead of crawl. Nuna gave Addie some birthday money so we went to KB Toys (they are going out of business) and got her a baby stroller that she loves to walk around with. I let Addie pick out what she wanted and among all of the baby dolls on the shelves, Addie finds the one "Fur Real" Parrot and wanted it. You feed the parrot a bottle and it chirps and makes a clucking sound. She feeds that bird the bottle all day long. Then she takes the bottle and feeds her baby doll Grandma got her for her birthday. I also got her a grocery basket of play food, an apron, chefs hat, and spoon kit, a backyardigans sprinkler, an airplane (she drives it all over the cabinets making a brrrr sound), and a few other little things, and all of it came to $26.00!
As I'm typing this we are watching American Idol on DVR and this one Really bad girl comes on and Addie looks up at the tv and says "doo doo, doo doo, doo doo". HAHA! Addie's new words are "stop", "up", and "all done".
We go back to the doctor in a month for a weight check, so cross your fingers!
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I love well-checks! It's so fun and amazing to see how much they grow and develop.
I'm thinking she is going to be SO happy for that super-high metabolism when she is older. Mine is practically non-existant...yep, I think just by reading the word "Boost" I gained 3 pounds.
Sounds like KB is the place to hit! Addie is too dang cute. I miss her little body!
Glad the checkup went well. I love how petit she is! And, fun that she is walking! We need to get together.
Addie made a haul with the $25! You will have to let us know if she gains some weight. Davis weighed 13 lbs 4 oz. He is going to catch up with Addie the Little Peanut! Love her so very much!!
I love the deatil you put into your posts Beth! You are really going to be glad you wrote this all down some day! I think Addie is the cutest little thing. I hope she gains some weight for you though. I'm sure she's just taking after her cute Mama!
Well, we both have tiny girls, but they are beautiful!! Taylor doesn't care for going to the doctor anymore because now she seems to remember that she gets shots and it hurts!
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