12 Month Checkup

Clayton's 12 month check up was on Monday (the 17th) and he did such a good job being at the Dr's office for over an hour (we are sure missing the quick in and out appointments we always had at Kearney Clinic!!) and he had to have his finger pricked and didn't even fuss or make a peep. He is such a little tough guy!

He seems to have gotten taller and thinner though, he was 30.25 inches long (60th %tile) but only 19lbs 12oz (10th %tile). So I guess he either lost weight over the last month or the scales at the York Clinic are calibrated differently. Also, according to the Gerber Growth Tracker that I have been using, that weight is above the 15th % mark, probably closer to the 20th, so I'm not sure what to think about that. . . Either way the Doctor (our new one is Dr. Todd Fago) said we need to work on increasing  his calories (duh) and that dairy was a good way to do that. So I have been letting him have his fill of cheese slices and yogurt and he even ate an entire scoop of ice cream after a fairly large dinner the other day! At this point I'm not too concerned about his weight - he looks healthy! He is a very busy little boy and nearly runs around the house burning a lot of calories I'm sure. He is also pretty much off jarred baby food and is mostly eating what we eat, chopped into small pieces, and there's a learning curve for that I'm sure.