1 Year CheckUp.

So we had KK's 1 Year Checkup today and everything went great! She's 20 lbs 13 ounces -- 66% in her age group. She's 30 inches tall, which drops her down from 95% to 77%, so she's not growing like a weed at the moment and her head circumference is at 65% I think.

The pediatrician gave me some good tips on how to get her going on a sippy cup which I'm hoping will work since I already have a wide selection of cups that she WON'T use..haha But looks like I'll be buying one more type to see if it works out for her.

As far as the whole milk debate goes, she said I can give her Silk (the unsweetened kind) a couple times a day and if I don't want to go that route, I can try to supplement her milk intake with other things that give her the same vitamins that she needs, ie fruits and veggies. I think I'll start with the Silk and see where that goes. I know she enjoys the soothing aspect of a "bottle" during certain points in her day.

She also gave me a couple meal "plans" so I can see what a weeks worth of food should look like for the little monster. It's refreshing to see something on paper and have a general idea of how the day pans out instead of just being told that she needs 5-6 fruit servings a day and 4-5 veggies, etc. I was starting to go crazy trying to find "serving" sizes online..but now I see that "servings" are actually much smaller than I thought so this should be a piece of cake.

She got 2 shots today and had her foot pricked for an iron test. I knew she wasn't going to be happy about it so I got out a rice rusk when the nurse came in and handed it to KK. As soon as the nurse started pricking her everywhere, she raised such a commotion. When it was all said and done though, Kadence looked at the nurse, then looked at me, then looked back at the nurse, stopped crying and took the loudest crunch/bite out of her rice rusk and went along with her business like it never happened. I couldn't stop laughing!!

Finally home and she's napping. So all is good in the world. Hoping to put up the Christmas tree tonight or sometime tomorrow. Cheers.

xo