Brenton's 9 Month D/A

Brenton had his check up today, and the one word to describe it is disastrous, *takes a big breath in*..

I will start off with his growth rates. He is now 22lbs 12oz (around the 85%), 32in tall (off the charts..still), and his head circumference is 47cm (around the 90%). He hasn't gained that much weight and the Pedi said it's normal to start slowing down now since his baby fat will start to decrease.

Now, the Nurse comes in to weigh and measure him and he loves the Nurse and has never had issues with her but the 'stranger anxiety' came out today for the first time like this. He started SCREAMING. He was pulling on my hair and he just wanted me so bad but I had to sit him down to get weighed. It was just horrid. The screaming he did in there today was NOT anything I have ever heard come out of his mouth.


After we had got him all calmed down, in comes the Pedi. We talked to him about our concerns with Brenton not eating his solids during the day for almost 2 weeks now and he seemed a little concerned. Brenton will feed himself his puffs and stuff but the minute we come near with solids and a spoon, he gets all mad and throws a fit and just is not having that. It's not like him to do that.. he loves his food. The Pedi checked his ears and noticed that his ear drums were red, so he checked for fluid with this other device crap that made Brenton scream his lungs off like he was just born right into my ear, and sure enough he has his first ear infection. He did NOT calm down after that Pedi did all of that. He was unbearable. I told the Pedi before he did all this that all of this screaming he is doing is NOT my child.. his cry was something I've never heard before. He has Brenton on Amoxocilan twice a day for a couple weeks, so he should start feeling better soon.

The Nurse came back in to give him his Hep B shot and he was still screaming and just acting like he was dying and she says 'Well, since you're already so mad, lets give a shot today'. Might as well right? Well, he screamed some more. Had tears running down his face, snot all over the place, and was just so pitiful looking. I had chronic ear infections as a child until I got tubes in middle school, and I'm hoping that won't be passed onto him. She said it's likely that it will though :(.

Anyway, he is in his bed sleeping like a baby (for God knows how long). I gave him some Tylenol and his Amoxocilan and hopefully he starts feeling better soon. He's never been sick before.. so I'm hoping he gets better soon. Sorry this got so long!

Brenton Update!

Brenton is 9 months old already.. geez! We go on the 26th for his 9 month appointment, so I'll update then how big he has gotten since last month :).

He finally figured out how to reach for something and get on his hands and semi-knees and then grab it and sit back up by pushing himself :). It's so fun to watch him do it, and he's getting great at it too. His way of mobilization is to roll around all over.. it's quite funny. Last night the coffee table leg was blocking him so he had to re-situate himself and then finally was able to go some more, lol. Of course when I run to get the camera he gets fussy. One day he will let me get it all on tape :).

Trying to get away!

He's taking his sippy cup during the day, and then gets a bottle in the morning and at night before bedtime. He does really good with it too. Right now he's eating 8oz with rice in his bottles in the morning and at night, then during the day mostly just solids and a sippy cup filled with formula or juice for him to snack on during the day. He wasn't eating for a few days last week, which has happened before, and so I figured he was re-arranging his eating schedule and what he needs and when.. which he has done. He doesn't want a bottle anymore during the day, just his solids and snacks. I try to at least get him 18oz a day, but we'll see what the Pedi says next week. I'm still feeding him oatmeal for breakfast so that he gets all the different vitamins, along with a fruit for lunch and veggie for dinner.

Brenton still only has the 2 bottom teeth. After those poked through on Christmas and they were done coming in, he had stopped drooling so much.. now it's right back to it so I'm think he'll be popping another tooth soon! He does really good with getting teeth in.. not cranky or anything.

I will update next week about his appointment. Have a good day!