Today we had Donovan's one year well visit at the doctors and what a relief it was! This was our first official office visit with our new doctor, Dr Rezabeck, and we were a little nervous to see if we liked him as much as we hoped we did. And we were not disappointed! Our visit today was a complete 180 from my last well visit, which was at the previous Pediatrician's office. I felt like Dr Rezabeck did a great job of relating to both Donovan and Tom and I, he was very through in his examination and most importantly he answered all of our questions and we didn't feel rushed once! It is such a weight off of our chest to feel like we finally have a pediatrician that is the perfect fit for us. So needless to say, we are very happy with the whole experience. If you ask Donovan though he might have the opposite opinion. He was placed on his back several times for measuring and examining and boy is that rude according to him. I think he is part turtle, as soon as he is on his back he panics and tries to flip over all the while screaming at you to let you know how much of a jerk you are for requesting this back time. He also had to get three shots. I feel bad for the lady that had to give them to him. He screamed bloody murder, had huge tears streaming down his face and did not stop let her out of his sight until she left the room. Soon as she left the room the crying stopped as he saw the "threat" was finally gone. At least he gets the shots in his arms now so we don't have to hold him laying down on the table. Now he can just sit on my lap which is much nicer. Ok, on to the stats... (Did I mention the new place writes down both the stats and the percentages and gives them to you without even asking? Awesome!!!)
Weight: 24lbs 10oz- 75th percentile
Length: 30 1/2 inches- 72nd percentile
Head circumference: 19 inches- 93rd percentile
Fun one year old stats:
Number of teeth- 4 (two on top, two on bottom)
Shoe size-4
Diaper size- 4 (anyone noticing a pattern?)
Clothing size- 12-18 months
So he seems to be slowing down as far as the height and weight go but dang he's got a big head! Guess that's why he's so smart! On to the updates on how he is doing with everything since last month:
Eating: Officially not a baby food eater. We don't even offer it anymore. He is doing much better with the variety of food he eats. A sample menu now is: Breakfast- 6oz yogurt (no chunks of fruit in them please, he spits them out), cheerios and graham crackers or toast and water to drink. Lunch- Deli meat, American cheese slice, pineapple (he loves it!), and green beans (water to drink). Dessert is always little corn puffs that he loves. Dinner- Chef Boyardee pasta and meatballs, cheese slice, carrots and jar of applesauce. Puffs (veggie dip flavor preferably) for desert again. Other things that he does really well with eating are: black beans (loves them and eats them like candy... and eats them whole), Lima beans, peas, asparagus, corn, strawberries, kiwi, beans and weenies and a few more things that I am sure I am forgetting. I really can't complain about his eating, he is doing so well and is very adventurous with what he will try. Maybe it will rub off on his parents. I think what has really helped his appetite is that we cut back on the milk. He now gets a 6 oz bottle when he wakes up around 5 or 6 am. Then we eat breakfast around 9 or 9:30 depending on when he woke up for good. His next bottle is now given in a sippy cup and is only 4 oz. He does really well taking it from a sippy cup when he is thirsty, he won't miss a drop, but when you offer it to him and he is not thirsty then he chews the milk with his mouth open and it becomes a very messy affair. Then he gets an afternoon bottle, again in the sippy cup, somewhere between lunch and dinner, and again that is only 4 oz. Lately we have had some days where he skips the second 4 oz bottle because of his schedule so on days where I foresee that happening, I try to offer him 6 oz in the first sippy cup. And then of course he gets his 8oz in a bottle before bed. So he still gets between 18-22 oz of milk a day but now that he isn't so full of formula all the time, he eats wonderfully!
We told our Pediatrician what we were doing as far as bottles and sippy cups for drinking the milk and he was great with it. He said that as long as he still doesn't have many teeth the bottle will be better for him. He said as long as he is off the bottle by 18 months he will be happy. I was happy to hear that because I have been reading about getting kids totally bottle weaned by 12 months and that has never made sense to me. Technically they should all be breastfeeding until AT LEAST 12 months old so you are telling me that you are just supposed to rip the nipple out of those kids mouths and cut them off cold turkey? Doesn't make sense to me. He also told us we can start switching him to whole milk but that we can start slow. So we did and tonight before bed Dono got a mix of 2 oz whole milk and 6 oz formula. Didn't faze him. Hopefully he sleeps well and doesn't get a tummy ache either.
Mobility: As far as walking goes Donovan is walking 99% of the time. He uses crawling as a back up but as each day goes by he does it less and less. I honestly can't remember seeing him crawl at all today and we were home together all day. It is so fun to see him getting better at it by the day. When Tom went out of town a few weeks ago now he was amazed at how well Donovan was walking when he got back just two days later. Tom said that if someone had asked him on wed when he left how much Donovan was walking, he would have said 50% of the time. But when he came back on Friday he would have said 90% of the time. It is just amazing how fast these little guys learn. His little knees are loving the break they are getting from the crawling. The rug burns that have been a fixture on both knees since about 7 months are fading and will be gone before we know it! Only to be quickly replaced with head bumps and scrapes now but it comes with the territory.
Sleeping/naps: Not much news to report here. Still waking up for a feeding around 5 or 6 and then sleeping until around 9. Dr Rezabeck is ok with that and so are we so no plans to try and change that for now. His naps are getting to be amazing. His first nap is now usually a minimum of 1hr 15 min and a max of 2 hours. Sometimes he will skip his second nap if he takes a 2 hour first nap and it was late but generally he will go back down for a 30 minute nap in the afternoon. During his first nap he will at some point, usually wake up and fuss, but you can tell his heart is not in it and he is just trying to talk himself back to sleep. So I let him. And let me tell you, long naps are amazing. Good for mommy naps, and good for mommy getting things done.
Activities: Since Donovan has now become a walker one of his favorite things to do is play chase. He doesn't really get it fully and will actually walk TO you when you are chasing him but he loves it so much when you "get" him and tickle all of the giggles out of him. We love it too of course. He also loves to take things out of things, and then put them back in. For example, we have a small bumper pool table in our basement and just the other day he looked into one of the two pockets and found a treasure chest of the pool balls. He then spent the next 30 minutes or so taking the balls out and either handing them to Tom, throwing them on the ground, or putting them on the table top and then putting them back in the pocket after he felt that he had taken too many out. Then he would do it all over again. Same thing with his toys and the toy boxes. Oh and sneezing is still hilarious. A sneeze, whether real or fake, can get him giggling in no time.
And I would like to take this opportunity to recant my earlier statements about not ever wanting Donovan to get upper teeth because I loved his gummy smile so much. Now that I have seen how cute two gap teeth on a 1 year old can be I wonder how I ever thought that a gummy smile could have been cuter. Not possible.
Now on to what you all really came here for, pictures of the little man. These were all taken last week when my parents were in town but seeing as though I still have some serious blog catching up to do, I am using them.
Dino and his dad after a bath.
Nakedly taking books off of his shelf, another hobby.
Reading to Auntie Jenna post-bath.
My parents took Donovan to a local playground where he likes to swing. He does look a little shocked to be swinging at first though.
See, I told you he liked it!
Donovan showing everyone how much he loves his Petey dog. It is so cute! You have to hold Petey there but he tolerates the hugging, hitting, slobbering and jumping that goes on once Donovan gets a hold of him. Probably doesn't hurt that he gets a big treat after it afterwards either.
Grandma B supervising the playground time, aka making sure Donovan doesn't eat the rocks (which is his main M.O.)
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