Hope finally had her 1 year check-up yesterday morning! 5 shots plus a finger poke = NO FUN! We had to do quite a bit of waiting, too, which also made it not fun. Hope kept busy waddling around the tiny exam room (excuse her messy hair- I have learned not to put a ponytail in her hair befor a Dr appt because it makes it difficult for them to measure her height accurately). :)
She has had some mild crabbiness and sore legs from the shots, but so far not too bad, and hopefully it stays that way. The doctor also said her gums are really swollen, so she's probably working on another tooth or 2 or 3. She only has 4 right now, 2 top and 2 bottom, and hasn't gotten a new one in quite a while, so it's probably time for another! I was looking back at blog posts from when Jeremiah was this age-- by the time he was 9 months old he was working on his EIGHTH tooth! That's crazy- was he born with some? My word.
Hope pretty much stays steady in about the 75th percentile for height and weight (I don't think J ever was lower than the 80th). She is a little higher than 75th in height this time, I guess. It annoys me that this Dr's office does not give me exact percentiles! I'm weird, I know, but I like those statistics! Anyway, she weighs 21 lbs 15 oz, and she is 30 1/4 inches tall. By comparison, big brother was 25 lbs 2 oz and 31.5 inches tall at this age. (And I think my arms get tired holding Hope for extended periods of time, how did I ever lug that big guy around?!?!) Hope is pretty much in all 18 month size clothes now- she still wears some tops that are 12 mo but the pants are now too short. So we moved her on up to her 18 month wardrobe. :) It is kind of fun- and way back when she was tiny I remember buying a little outfit for her that was WAY on clearance and size 18 months, and thought it looked so huge! And now she fits in it. Sigh.
Hope's favorite thing to do right now is carry stuff around (small little toys, etc). She likes to carry them around and put them in random places, sometimes even the trash! Every once in awhile I have to do a check to make sure nothing important gets thrown away- just the other day I found 2 of J's toy hay bales in the trash. Also in one of my lower cabinets, behind my griddle, I found her toy sunglasses, "Norah" from her little playhouse, and one of her cups! She keeps me on my toes and makes life exciting! :)
Time for Norah to eat, apparently.
We'll be heading to Wisconsin next Thursday morning for a Wiers Thanksgiving! It will be interesting to see how Hope does with a few hours in the car- I think the last road trip we did was way back in July, when she was a little less mobile and more prone to sleep in the car. She's still rear-facing in the car, so she can't see much. (In MI they have to stay rear-facing until 2 years of age. By this time with J we had him forward facing in his convertible seat. H still really hasn't outgrown her infant seat yet, but we might switch her to the convertible seat rear-facing soon, just for fun. Iowa went by weight and age, rather than just age which makes more sense to me, but whatever. With these crazy MI drivers it is probably best to have her rear-facing as long as humanly possible). She does do well with snacks and toys in the car, though, and she always is more content in the car when big bro is there next to her. Should be an adventure! And in a little more than a month we'll see how she does on an airplane to California. Oh my! :)
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