1 Year Checkup

This morning we went for Maddox's 1 year checkup and all is mostly good! She's developing right on track skill wise, a little slow with communication (I attribute that to having such a laid back child who doesn't feel strongly about much of anything so it's easy to please her without words), and growing fine! She has no first word yet and doesn't point to things she wants. But she grunts and whines when she wants something. And she babbles all the time. Just not quite ready for that next step.


Here's her stats: Weight 18 lbs 10oz. 10-25%

Height 29" 50%
Head 17.5 " 25-50%


So I still can't flip her carseat around which is fine. I figured I keep her backward for a little longer anyway. The seat in her dad's car is forward but she's only in it about once or twice a week for short trips. Such a little thing!


She got three shots and screams more every time we go. She cried a lot today. The MMR vax stings and she did not like that! She also got her finger pricked to check for lead. (Her inquisitive nature found that whole process very interesting and not at all bothered by it.) They found that her hemoblogin was low (what a surprise). Her hemoglobin was low for 4 days when she was born and she's her mother's daughter who has ALWAYS had low iron her whole life! So we've got to buy some iron filled vitamins, push green and leafy veggies, and give a little more baby oatmeal or rice. They'll check it again at 15 months. Luckily she loves veggies so I'll just have to give her the right ones.


We have been giving her milk in her cereal since her birthday which she's pretty much liking. We've also been serving her milk at meals which she's not so sure about. It's hard to believe that I nursed (and still am) her for a whole year! I made it! Who would have thought that during those first 2 to 4 weeks of life??? And I could probably count on 2 hands and maybe 1 foot how many bottles of pumped milk she has had. Which means she still doesn't know how to hold a cup very well, but she never got attached to a bottle. She has never had even 1 oz of formula. I hope all my babies work out that way! What luck! Again, I didn't feel so lucky those first few weeks and thought it was never going to work. So painful and I thought I wasn't making enough milk and on and on. But now, a whole year has gone by!


Enough of that 1 year stuff . . . Here's a video that show her inquisitive personality. An example of things I've already talked about with the moving around of leaves, ripping up and organizing them, and the same with the rose. One day she had a small box, two socks, a piece of mail, and some bookmarks and spent forever trying to get all of that into the box. She'd put in the socks and then couldn't get in the mail. So she'd take out the socks, trying to start with the mail but couldn't fold it up to get to get it in the box. So she start with the book marks, put in the socks, then try the mail. On and on for about 20 minutes like this. Just give her something new and interesting and she's happy for quite a while checking it out.


Last night I put her down with all the mail we got and she spent 15 minutes trying to "organize" it and only quit because I had to feed her. Why can't she do this every night while I"m trying to make dinner?? Here's a 3 minute sample of this:




What skill, or trait, does this portray? Can you take this interesting personality trait and think of what she's going to be when she grows up? I think it's so interesting to watch her little mind at work! It's sort of like the thrill I get when training a dog and seeing their mind work and work and finally click. Yes, I compared my daughter to a dog.

By the way, I fed my daughter collards tonight for dinner and she like them! Who IS this kid??