9 Months Old in this picture
Braxton joining us at the doctors office for Greyson's 9 month checkup.
Here are his measurements starting from past to now:
Previous measurements:
June 9, 2015 (6 month appointment):
Weight: 16 lb. 0.5 oz. (10th-25th percentile)
Height: 2' 1" (24.8 in) (below the 2nd percentile)
Head circumference: 16.92" (43 cm) (25th-50th percentile)
September 8, 2015 (9 month appointment):
Weight: 18 lb. 10 oz. (25th-50th percentile)
Height: 2' 3" (27.5 in) (10th-25th percentile)
Head circumference: 17.83" (45.3 cm) (50th percentile)
December 11, 2015 (12 month appointment):
Weight: 20 lb. 2.5 oz. (25th-50th percentile)
Height: 2' 5" (29 in) (10th-25th percentile)
Head circumference: 18.23" (46.3 cm) (just a little bit below the 50th percentile)
March 30, 2016 (15 month appointment):
Weight: 22 lb. 8 oz. (stayed in the 25th-50th percentile)
Height: 2' 8" (32 in) (is now in the 50th-75th percentile, almost on the line of the 75th)
Head Circumference: 18.62" (47.3 cm) (50th-75th percentile)
Notes from his 9 month appointment back in September:
All the measurements have increased in percentage since the last checkup, so that was exciting to hear that he's growing well.
He got no immunization shots for today but he did get a flu shot. Poor kiddo, I had high hopes that he wouldn't get any shots at this visit but I totally forgot about it being flu season.
Everything went well for the most part with his appointment. He just recently started physical therapy due to his possible leg contractures. It's slow going but going well for the most part. It took us a while to get into an appointment with primary children's so by the time we did, I learned that the school system is way cheaper and could offer physical therapy with a charge based off of our income. With Jackson working for UPS at that time, our income definitely wasn't the greatest so we decided to go that route which than again took some time to start it up. He's probably been in it for about a week and its going okay, just slow going. Greyson still doesn't crawl, he sits up but still falls over. He can hold himself up for a little bit but not very well. He is getting better at liking tummy time but it's a work in progress.
And as stated before, he still doesn't like baby food ... or in other words, he doesn't like eating at all. He likes bottles but that is about it. The doctor said to try table food instead of baby food to see if that helps at all. So we will be trying that as soon as we can and see how it goes. His issue is he doesn't chew but maybe if I cut it up into small pieces maybe he'd be fine.
He's been sleeping in his crib since his 6 month appointment and it continues to go well as far as being able to sleep in the crib. He still takes about two naps a day and wakes up once or twice a night for feeding. The night feeding is by far annoying but he's worth the loss of sleep. :)
He likes toys that makes a lot of noise and he too likes "signing time". He still laughs and smiles at anyone and everything.
Having him sit on that dog like that is a huge accomplishment for him. Holding himself up is a lot of work. And as far as the picture on the right goes, that's how he looks for the most part. He hardly ever stands on all fours. Just in need of lots of therapy.
Notes from his 12 month appointment back in December:
A picture of him at 12 months.
Well he continues to grow as any baby would. He got his one year shots today.
Immunizations: Prevnar, MMR, Varicella, and Hepatitis A
Physical therapy has really helped and he has made a lot of progress! He started crawling, or at least really crawling well around the end of November. That was an exciting day for us since he wasn't doing very much of anything on the floor at his 9 month appt. In fact I think he's happier that he can now crawl to wherever he wants to go. I almost think he would crawl and explore more places than Braxton ever would. He loves to go into Braxton's room and play in there whenever he can.
As far as the eating goes, well it sucks lol. He just doesn't like food and couldn't care less for it. He surprisingly doesn't cry for food after long hours of not eating. There's times I think he would be starving but he doesn't seem to care. I still have a small hope that it gets better sooner rather than later. He still doesn't chew his food that well and not sure how you teach a kid to chew so it's a work in progress. I just smash up his food quite a bit and it seems to help.
He loves his brother and loves to try to keep up with him and play with him as much as possible. He pulls himself up to a standing position occasionally but prefers crawling by far. He makes the funniest faces, almost has a different face for everything. So many different expressions.
He still takes two naps a day. Sleep is going much better now that we have a routine going on. He will take a bottle before bedtime and wake up once in the night for one bottle now instead of two. I'm hoping to eventually feed him enough food before bedtime so that way the one bottle before bed will hold him off for the night. We'll see how it goes.
In December he also saw his hip doctor for a yearly check up. The doctor wants to see him once a year now so he was due for a check up. It went well and everything looked well. I don't remember everything that he said due to this being so long ago for me to blog about but there was no concerns and everything in the x-ray looked fine. I asked why it was crooked like that and he said it was just the way the x-ray was taken which I thought when I was holding Greyson on the x-ray board that he didn't look as straight as he could be on the board but the tech said he was fine. I guess as long as the doctor said he could see everything he needed to and that it looked fine to him, that's all I need to worry about. The doctor did say that when he can stand they are able to get an x-ray of him standing then the joints will show better in socket as well.
Notes from his 15 month appointment:
Immunizations: DTaP and Hib
His appointment went well, still not walking but will stand and pull himself up everywhere with assistance. He really likes to walk along items like the couch or chairs etc and with our assistance but will never do it on his own. In fact after we walk around the room with him for 5 minutes or so and decide to stop walking with him and let go of his hand he'll just cry and cry. That's a movement in the right direction though, the fact that he likes to walk with assistance is wonderful because before he used to not like trying to walk at all. One day I finally forced him to walk with me for like 15 minutes straight and he grew to love it and now wants to walk whenever Jackson and I can help him do so. He is still in physical therapy. He recently had an eval that said he's physically in the range of a 12 month old now, not too bad, still progress, better than where he was at 6 months. He also qualifies for speech now, just because he is more quiet and hardly jabbers. Not sure how they can test and figure all that out but the test they did in his eval said he qualified so I'm quite happy to be working with the same speech therapist that worked with Braxton before he turned 3.
The doctor said everything looked great with him. I was worried about his respiratory system due to being on a vent for so long as a baby and he seems to be huffing and puffing at times when he is walking but the doctor listened to his lungs and in his overall assessment didn't think anything looked wrong with him as far as possible COPD or asthma etc. I guess it's just more so my nervous nurse side of me stepping in.
Everything else checked out well too. His ears looked great with no ear infections. Fingers crossed it can stay that way.
His eating is getting better and he is happy about it as long as he is feeding himself, or attempting to feed himself. He still needs help to eat but he's definitely the type that doesn't want help and would rather feed himself. Feeding him can still be a struggle but at least he'll eat. Braxton is the one that is more of a picky eater now. Greyson will try most foods and like it. Braxton on the other hand rarely tries anything new out of his comfort zone. Greyson is not doing baby food anymore and definitely prefers to eat what we eat. He is still figuring out how to chew but for the most part he just sucks on it for awhile and than swallows. No more bottles, yay! Just does sippy cups for now. The doctor said we can attempt regular cups but dunno if I want to yet lol. I'm sure I will soon as it will be easier to just give him a cup anywhere we go rather than bring his sippy cup with us. His favorite food I would say is anything considered to be finger foods, anything he can feed himself. He is exploring the use of utensils now and will use a fork anytime I let him. He really likes green beans and fruit.
Greyson loves to crawl and he's fast at it. We have found him at the top of the stairs three times now, thank heavens he has never fell down them. We need to work on going down stairs with him more but he's pretty good and quick at going up them now. We turn our back and he's already up the top of them. What a stinker!
He doesn't talk or say much, not even baby jabber or signing. My goal is to watch more signing time videos with him, especially while Braxton is at school. He does grunt when he wants to, every now and than he'll do a little bit of jabber but other than that, he's kind of shy and plays the shy look. His therapists were over today and he would just cuddle into me smiling but playing shy.
He sleeps really good now, about 12 hours a night! No bottle beforehand or during the night, yay! It's been that way for about two months now. Once in a while I have to put the pacifier in his mouth in the middle of the night but he does pretty good for the most part. I have high hopes that I can get rid of the pacifier by summer. He's not much of a morning person and if he gets woken up too early he can not be so pleasant. He has slept in clear till 9 once if I can keep Braxton quiet.
Greyson loves his brother Braxton and finds him to be so funny. He'll sometimes follow Braxton around the house whenever he leaves the room. Greyson loves playing in Braxton's room. He loves bubbles and balloons. He's not a huge fan of Max yet, I just don't think he likes to be licked like Braxton likes to be. But I have found Greyson climbing over Maximus once in a while. Maximus is so good to let him do that too. He is such a great dog with kids.
When trying to think of things he likes, I can't think of much other than exploring. He loves the kitchen and loves to play under the kitchen table. I think he thinks of it as his perfect, just made for him, jungle gym. As far as exploring, he'll crawl all over the place. In fact Jackson and I think he has crawled to visit more places than Braxton ever cared to go see. He loves his brother and will try and play with him at times. Another thing I have found him doing is grabbing some of the toy cars and pushing it around the kitchen floor. I've seen him do that quite a bit lately and he'll do it for long periods of times too. He loves to put anything and everything in his mouth. He's definitely teething and starting to get molars in his mouth. He has about 9 teeth in his mouth now. Greyson loves to smile at anyone and everyone. He's a happy baby for the most part but he definitely has his own personality. That's one of the things that make me love him so much is he has quite the personality that it just cracks me up. We love our happy growing baby boy!
His jungle gym/our kitchen table!
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