Dr Appt

Today we had a well child visit with our pediatrician (nurse practitioner, actually). She was supposed to have a 9-month well child visit, but we wanted to do that here with our office we love, rather than in Montana with the prairie doctor who we had some misgivings about.... I'm sure some prairie doctors are great. Just not this one.

So.... Georgie weighs 20.4 pounds and is 28-1/2 inches tall.

The NP said that because she walked so early (first steps at 9 months, 1 week), she might talk late. Apparently that's a common pattern, for early walkers to be late talkers, and vice versa. Also if your mother is a linguist, you might be a late talker.

She's had a cold, and the NP said it does appear to be just that, a cold. No ear infection or anything. She said to come back if Georgie starts to act sick or gets a fever.

We also got the chance to ask a lot of questions (e.g., about feeding solids) from our list. The NP said to give her some water, but not juice (she said juice is like soda for kids). She said we could feed her pretty much anything and everything, giving a one week trial/intro period for foods like wheat that can cause allergies. She said not to give her shellfish or peanut butter yet, though. Oh, and she said we shouldn't shy away from giving Georgie spices -- Thai, Chinese, etc. She said this can help kids to not be picky eaters. It will also enable more shared meals and earlier. I read an article about this in the NYT last year, so we were happy to see that our doctors are up on the latest evidence/research. And that the NYT reports on such stuff.

In celebration of this new advice about food, we gave Georgie some hummus when we got home. She loved it, even though this picture (from Aaron's phone) doesn't really show it.



And in celebration of the appointment, we bought Georgie a new toy afterward. A wooden puzzle, "Diggers and Dumpers," that has a bunch of machinery on it. Here she is, playing with the toy and her papa with our many boxes that my dad shipped. More on how much my dad helped us in MT (and the aftermath) in a post to follow. :)