Official Stats

At Monkey's official one year check up today, he measured:

28" long - 5th percentile!
17 lbs, 5 oz - still at the bottom of the chart, but gaining with the growth curve
His head remains in the 10th percentile and heading towards the 25th

We aren't sure if the jump in height was really that dramatic as it is very difficult to get Monkey to lay flat for an accurate measurement, but it is good progress nonetheless. Brilliant Pediatrician was very pleased with both his physical growth and his development. In particular, she was very impressed that he is standing up all by himself (sumo style, with his legs spread apart and his hands on the floor, then hoisting his torso upright) and also that he is engaging in pretend play (almost every object is a 'phone' to him, which he must put up to his ear). We are very happy to say that we had a good visit, and have decided to return to our regular Brilliant Pediatrician in six weeks rather than seeing the gastroenterologist in a month. Normally kids have check ups at 12 months and then again at 18 months, so this is only one extra visit, where we will check his weight gain and his iron/hemoglobin levels.

There were shots today, of course, and so far we seem to be handling them fairly well. It's hard to tell if he is just sleepy because he's working through the shots or if there was a huge birthday weekend... probably a bit of both, but we are happy to accommodate him either way.