9 Months

Canaan turned 9 months on February 23rd. She had two doctor's appointments that day.

First, we saw her pediatrician. He was very pleased with how she is doing. He said he likes to see a one year old around 20 pounds and 30 inches long. With a slightly wet diaper, she weighed 18 pounds. She was 28 inches long. She is doing well developmentally as well. The only question we couldn't really answer affirmatively was whether she understood the word "no". She gave the doctor a good examination of her own. She only had to get one shot today. She cried for just a bit until we picked her up off the exam table.

A couple of hours later we went to the gastroenterologist. We removed her diaper here, and she weighed 17 pounds 10.5 ounces. She hadn't eaten anything in between so this must be a more accurate reading. He basically said that if we can transition her to regular formula without any problems, then we don't need to go back to see him. Yeah! Matthew has suspected for quite a while that she had outgrown whatever issue she used to have with the milk protein allergy. We should find out soon how she'll do on regular formula.