I've been meaning to do this blog for well over a month now. I just never seem to have the time, or when I do have the time, I'm too tired. I don't get how some people keep up on their blogs, especially busy mothers like me. Okay, well Leah's last well visit was back in October. She has her 9 month well visit coming up next week. (Like I said, I'm way overdue on this. :-( ) At her 6 month well visit, she weighed 13 lbs. 11 oz. (11%), and was 25 inches (25%). Her weight went down on the chart, as I had feared, with her being exclusively breastfed and not knowing how much she is getting, my supply level, etc. The doctor and I thought that with her beginning solids though, this should go up. With her next appointment coming up, we should see. I have weighed her at home a month or so back, and she weighed approximately 15 lbs. then, so hopefully, she 16 lbs. or more by now.
Leah does eat well. She enjoys her squash, carrots, and sweet potatoes, but not a big fan of green beans or peas. We're working on that though. She loves all the fruits, which really doesn't surprise me, as her brother and sister do as well. She's had puffs, Cheerios, Kix, bread, crackers, small pieces of fresh banana, and also has gnawed or sucked on small pieces of fresh apples. I'm starting to introduce chopped up chicken or ground beef to her, as she did not care for the jarred meats, but who can blame her?
She's made a lot of progress since I last wrote and has met many milestones. She started sitting independently at 27 weeks, first baby word she uttered was "ba-ba", shortly thereafter. She started doing a military crawl at 31 weeks. She got her first tooth, the bottom left one, on December 16th at 33 weeks, and her second tooth on the bottom on January 9th, at 37 weeks. WOW! I just realized that she's 38 weeks or 9 1/2 months old already! The time is really flying by! :-( She started pulling herself up on me or people or things a couple of weeks ago, so I guess at 36 weeks or at 9 months. She could be walking soon! She loves music and anytime some music comes on, she'll start bopping to it. It's really cute.
Well, I'm sure there's more that I could add, but can't really think of anything right now. She does have her 9 month checkup next week, so I'll try to blog about that as soon as I can.
