Clark Family Blog: 9 month well child check up

We had our 9 month check up today. Gavin weighs 19 lb 4.5 oz (24%) and is 29.5 in long (80%). At Gavin's 6 month check up, he was 29 % for weight. Even though Gavin gained weight since his 6 mo. check up, his percentile went down for weight... so the Dr. told us to make sure he's drinking and eating enough. Basically nothing to worry about, we just want to make sure our long and skinny boy continues to gain weight! Madaleine weighs 20 lb 12 oz (77%) and is also 29.5 in long (94% for girls). They got their blood drawn to check for anemia, and everything was great! They also got their flu shoots... poor babies!

They are doing everything a 9 month old should be doing developmentally... pulling up on things to stand, cruising, saying mama and dada. Now we get to work on sippy cups more and trying to get them to eat table food instead of baby food! The sippy cup thing isn't working out that well... the babies just chew on the nipple and won't suck the juice out of it. And the table food thing... HA! I have tried third foods with Gavin and some mushed up table food. He almost always gags it out or throws up... he is still not ready. Madaleine is a hit or miss with it. Some days she does great, and other days she won't have anything to do with it.

For the past week and a half, both babies have been having fevers on and off again. Gavin's highest was 103 and Maddie's was 102. I took them into the Dr. last week, and she said it's just some bug. Let's keep our fingers crossed that they both start doing better (today was the first day of no fevers!)

Here are a few recent pictures. They have been changing so fast and doing the cutest things lately! Gavin is so precious when he does his "speed crawling". I have never seen a baby move so fast.. it's so cute! He also talks out of the side of his lips... I just adore the way he says mama :). Maddie has been giving us those priceless smiles a lot and melting our hearts. She is also doing this thing where she will stick something in her mouth and just leave it hanging there while she goes about doing whatever else she wants. It's so funny to see her crawling or playing with a toy when her bottle or something is hanging out of her mouth like she forgot it's there! I love those babies so much... they are growing up so fast!