Tuesday Emma went to the doctor for her 1 year check-up. She only gained about 1/2 pound from her 9 month visit, weighing in at 23.6 pounds. This puts her in the 75% percentile for weight. But she grew over 2 inches in height to 31 1/4 inches, putting her in the 97% percentile for height! She received several vaccination shots, which she of course hated and screamed over. But they also did a finger prick to collect a blood sample. Since she was slightly anemic at 9 months the doctor wanted to check her iron again. The finger prick was 10 times worse than the shots, because they had to squeeze her arm, hand and finger for several minutes to get enough blood. Then the poor finger didn't want to stop bleeding! She got the band aid off in the car and got blood on her clothes. When we got home she bled on the carpet, the kitchen floor, everywhere! I finally had to set her in her booster seat and hold her hand above her head for over 10 minutes, applying pressure to the finger. Finally it stopped bleeding but she cried over that for a long time.
The last two days Emma has been taking more and more steps. Today she took 10 steps, and another time she took 7! Tonight she took about 8 steps from the recliner couch where Tony was sitting over to me on the other couch! I think her new shoes are really helping her to walk. She still crawls most of the time, but she's standing, turning and moving with more confidence.
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Awwww, poor baby! She did not have a good day on Tuesday. :( Well, I'm sorry to hear she's anemic (like me) but it seems that she'll have outgrown me in height by the age of five.
Harrumph!
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