New Stats from the checkup this morning:
Head Circumference: 18 inches (6th percentile)
Height: 32 1/2 inches (57th percentile)
Weight: 21 lbs. 1.6 oz (less than 3rd percentile)
Cooper's doing great but needs to bulk up a little bit. It goes without saying that he is built like Sean but even though he eats like a champ, we were advised to try to feed him more fatty foods (put butter or cheese on his veggies, more peanut butter, etc.)to try to help him bulk up. We will go back in 3 months to have a weight check.
He is meeting all of his milestones and is right on target. He is definitely saying between 10-20 words which is the milestone for his age(we were told to expect a vocabulary explosion in the next few months - can't wait!)He repeats or tries to repeat what we are saying now, often, and can understand a ton more than he can say. He takes simple directions well (let's go put your shoes on, sit down please, etc.) What he is saying now:
Mommy
Daddy
Parker (Ca-Ca)
Papaw
Addison (Addie)
No
How are you (howyou - one word)
Hey
Bye
Ball
Beep
Shoes
Socks (cocks)
Uh-Oh
Auntie E (Ah-E)
Ready (Eh-E)
Tree (Tee)
Three (also Tee - we just recognize the context in which he is using it)
More
All Done
Cooper can make animal noises of an elephant, snake, fish, dog, cow, lion and duck. He can correctly point to his eyes, nose, ears, mouth, hair, belly button, and toes - when he is in a cooperative mood :). He can also eat with a spoon/fork. Hooray for milestones!
Update
11 years ago
2 comments:
Okay, I'm not disagreeing with your doctor because I don't want Cooper to be diagnosed with failure to thrive, but Matalley was not even on the percentile chart for weight and they told me the same thing about fatty foods and I got so frustrated. How am I supposed to teach her good eating habits if I'm stuffing her with oleo? So I just stuck with feeding her what we normally eat and she's progressed (slowly of course, but at least she's back on the weight chart). Good luck. I'll be praying that he puts on some weight over the next 3 months. Such a cutie!
Wow, Cooper is growing up! Isn't just happening all too fast?
Still wish we could meet each other's babies! Maybe one of these years? :)
Blessings to you guys!
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