Growin’ Like a Weed

Meara just had her nine month doctor’s appointment, and it’s official: She’s growing like a weed . She’s now twenty nine inches long, and seventeen pounds four ounces. We’ve had a few concerns still that maybe she’s not getting enough to eat, because she doesn’t have the baby chubbiness. However, at yesterday’s doctors appointment, they said that she’s in the 25th percentile, which is where she’s been for some time and is perfectly ok. She still doesn’t have any teeth poking out yet, she has just recently shown a huge interest in what we’ve been eating. At the last church potluck, we gave her some pieces of sweet potatoes and pasta from our plate and she ate them better than she’s eaten her regular food. For a baby who has been somewhat difficult to feed out of the jar, this came to us as quite a surprise. The doctor thought that maybe she’s finally ready to eat that way, and recommended putting some mushy food in front of her and letting her feed herself. The thought is that maybe this will get her past some hurdle that’s keeping her from eating that way easily. So we’ll see how she eats tomorrow after that mashed potatoes mess she made tonight…

Either way, as I said, she’s just growing way to fast and the doctors appointment only confirmed that…