We took Lexi to the pediatrician this morning for her one-year checkup. (The doctor always tells us when to come back next, and then when we show up for the next appointment, we’re always asked why we’re there! We always want to reply with, “But you told us when and why to come!”) The doctor congratulated us on making it to one year so far with Lexi. He says she’s in good health.
Her statistics:
9.2 kg/20.28 lb
29.5 inches tall
She received two injections for immunizations, and she cried only for a few seconds after each. Sarah’s job was to distract her, and I was given the job of holding her legs still (she got the shots in the thigh). I don’t know why the nurse gave me that job, since it meant I almost had to watch her give Lexi the shots. She noticed this, and I said, “I need to be distracted too.”
The doctor advised us to wait until Lexi is at least 10 kg to start giving her regular cow’s milk. We’re still feeding her formula, and now we are trying to move away from giving it to her in a bottle but in a sippy cup instead.
We were advised by the cardiologist who saw Lexi in the first several weeks after her birth about her heart murmer to bring her to a heart doctor again at one year old. The doctor today advised that as well, so we have made an appointment for that in early September.
We asked the doctor about calming her down, especially on plane rides, when we’re away from home and she refuses to take her naps. We are especially concerned about a long plane ride we have this Saturday when we fly to Cape Town to meet my sister, who will meet us there from Seattle, to spend two weeks together in South Africa. We weren’t going to ask the doctor specifically about drugging her, but that’s what he suggested – giving her a Tylenol or an antihistamine. He said we could do this, but that we should just be thankful we have a normal, healthy baby who is moving around a lot and is curious rather than being at the neurologist trying to find out why our child isn’t normal. And we are grateful for this – for all 9.2 kg of our very squirmy baby.
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