C and D

C and D

Saturday, November 27, 2010

9 month old!!!



Stats:
Height: 27 3/4 inches - a little above 25%
Weight: 21lb 8oz - a little under 75%
Head: 18 1/4 inches - 75%
Hemoglobin count - 15.1 - he's getting enough iron - I know you were worried.
Height to weight ratio for his age group - 98% - YEA BABY!!!!

He is just as healthy as a horse. And large :) But we already knew that. He's a tank and as solid as could possibly be. If you look at him nakey, he doesn't really have rolls like you would expect a child who's short and heavy - he literally has muscles and its going to be funny to see how this plays out but right now he looks like a 9 month old body builder.

The two things that stood out from this visit for me were A) the doctor saying that "fat babies don't make fat adults" - haha PHEW. B) we were talking about whether to move him up to the next car seat or not and she said "well he is the size of a small 2 year old so I think he'll be alright" - LOVELY.

Developmentally, he's doing beautifully and just chugging along like a little boy! He can stand on his own for a little while but then when he realizes he isn't holding on to anything he gets scared and drops down! He "cruises" like its nobody's business so when his balance gets a little better I imagine our lives will REALLY change then. I assume he'll be walking by Christmas but we shall see. In other news, he's waving at everyone and everything, really starting to babble, getting better at feeding himself and just becoming so responsive that sometimes I have to remind myself he's only 9 months old. He definitely knows the word "No" but thinks its hilarious when we say it and literally that word just spurs him on to do things he shouldn't. We say "no" and he turns around, sticks his tongue out, smiles, and goes even harder after what we are trying to get him to stop. STINKER! Not sure what we're going to do about him............... ;)

One funny note that our doctor kept commenting on and now I can't help but notice every time I look at Declan is HOW BIG HIS HANDS ARE!!!! Proportionally, she said by far his hands are the biggest part of his body :) Hilarious. And they are - they're like catcher's mits. They're chubby enough to look like gloves and big enough to look like they could catch something huge. Paul has big hands and his Pop Heckelman apparently had really large hands so the trait has been passed down. Big hands, short stocky legs. That's my boy.

One semi-frustrating note is that the milk allergy continues to plague his little gut. We had tried to move him over the the normal formula about a month and half ago and after a week on solely the milk based junk he was full on projectile vomiting it up, completely undigested SO we went back to the super expensive hypoallergenic stuff. At his 9 month we asked about this and when we mentioned that he eats edamame like its going out of style she was surprised but told us that in that case, we should definitely try the soy based formula and see how it goes. We started it yesterday and so far so good............cross your fingers because I don't know what we'll do at 12 months if he can't have any type of milk product!

Some more pics of the big boy - isn't he just looking so OLD?!?! AHHH!!!!!


He's a runner - 87% of our days are spent chasing him around this table.....

LOVES him some Aunt Trace Face!





 Loves to feed mommy his chewed up food.............mommy doesn't love to eat it however.









He is so stinkin' handsome

BIG BOY!





All dressed up and ready for school! Which, by the way, he is LOVING!!!! YAY :)