She had her 12-month appointment and she's weighed 23 1/4 pounds, was 31 inches tall, and I didn't get the head circumference. She's in the 75th percentile for weight, 85th for
height and 95th for head circumference. They gave her the MMR, Chicken Pox and some other vaccine, along with her flu shot. My poor baby had to have 4 needles in her that day and she was not a happy camper. Once again, a couple of days after her flu shot, she had a really rough night. I despise those flu shots! Her other vaccines have never caused her any problems.
She's still on soy formula, since we were waiting to take her for a visit with a board-certified pediatric dermatologist. It was pretty much a waste of time, because all he said was "she has eczema", and gave me a handout and a prescription for some foam for her scalp. He did give us the "OK" to try milk, again, though. We'll be trying 2% milk on Frid
ay. He said he didn't believe her problems with eczema were food related. I'm still nervous about the transition.
Going to milk and, in particular, weaning off the bottle is going to be very stressful for me. I know, obviously, it won't be a picnic for Morgan, either, but I'm so nervous because the bottle has magical curative powers for Morgan. No matter what ails her, a bottle always fixes it, or at least stops the crying. I know soothing with food isn't the best option, long term, unless I want a 100-pound 5 year-old, but it really gets the job done, for now.
She's still waking up once a night, most nights and she's thirsty for her "milk"! I know this is a learned thirst, but I'm getting anxious about breaking that habit. She had gone without night feedings for quite a while, but slipped back into the habit a couple of month ago. I guess I can still give her a little water, but I'm afraid that in her sleepy state, she'll try to drink it like a bottle and choke on the sippy cup. Maybe I'll have to keep one bottle for emergencies. ;)
She's doing very well with the few signs I've taught her, and that makes me really happy. She uses the "more" sign to tell me she wants more food/drink, but she also uses it to say she's hungry. She never really caught onto the "milk" sign, which is funny to me, since it's her favorite thing in the world. She gets so excited when I'm shaking the bottle to mix the formula and you'd think she had been in the desert for a week with the panting and lip smacking. She has mastered the "all done" sign and uses it to tell me when she has had enough food/milk/whatever. I just noticed she has decided to clap her hands to say "yes", when I ask her if she wants something. I guess I should work on the real sign. It thrills me to be able to communicate with her and I'm looking forward to more "real words" being added to her vocabulary.
Right now, pretty much everything is "that" or "dada". She points at EVERYTHING and says "dat"/"that" all the time. She says "light" sometimes when she points at light fixtures, and I think she sometimes tries to say "ball", but that's about it. She constantly calls me "dada" and it drives me crazy, ha, ha. She'll say "mama" every once in a while, so maybe she knows she's picking on me and is doing it for fun! She still loves to "read" her books and enjoys pointing to all the things she can and identifying them, as "dada", of course.
She has started dancing this adorable "twist" dance. I don't know where she picked it up, but I love it. She did this cute dance when her Daddy came home from work today. It's funny, because it's very similar to my "gopher dance" that I used to do when happy. I don't think she has ever seen me do it, so now I'm wondering if the "gopher dance" is genetic. :)
Well, I need to get to sleep, but I wanted to write something, since it has been a while.
Here are a few of our pictures from her 12-Month Sears Portraits session:
