Grant's 1 year statistics

The big fella went to the doctor for his 1 year checkup today.  The numbers are in: He's 31" tall (85th percentile), he weighs 22 lbs (45th percentile), and his head circumference is 47.5 cm (18.7 inches, 80th percentile).  That's a big boy! 

So a few things were going on... One, he's had crazy bad eczema for as long as I can remember.  But what happens this week/weekend?  Somehow, it randomly disappears!  Just in time for his doctor's appointment.  OK, so the doctor must think I'm crazy!  (Or Todd is crazy since he took him to the appointment!).  We also had to ask about switching to real milk, rather than formula, since he should be weaned off of the formula starting about now.  Todd gave him some milk on Sunday and he drank it right up, so I don't think we'll have any problems there.  We are also trying to give him "real" food but he seems to still have a problem with gagging.  He's making chewing motions and he likes the taste of things, he just can't get the idea of swallowing.  Dr. Meisheid said we just needed to KEEP giving it to him.  Last night he ate three tiny pieces of grilled chicken and did fine with it.  Obviously, the smaller they are, the less of a problem he's having.  But most of what we give him is pretty small. 

Lastly, he recently had an ear infection so Dr. Meisheid checked that too.  She said the infection is gone but there is still fluid in his ears, so she said this is the classic set up for get an ear infection, get some antibiotics, it goes away briefly, and 3 weeks later we are back at the doctor's for another ear infection (and then she eventually writes us a referral to an ENT for tubes!).  We were concerned about traveling for Thanksgiving, so Dr. Meisheid said for him to come back the Friday before we leave and she would check him again.

Oh one more thing, he got his chicken pox vaccine and his first flu shot vaccine.  He needs to get the follow up for that one in a few weeks.  They don't do the MMR until 15 months, whew.  Natalie got her measles shot at 12 months and was SO sick.  I'm glad that one is delayed!