Check-Up
We went for Sarah Graves' eighteen month check-up and she gets a gold star. The pediatrician said everything looks great and that she is developing beautifully. Here are her stats: weight - 24 pounds and 13 ounces (33rd percentile), height - 33 1/4 inches (74th percentile), and head circumference - 18 1/2 (26th percentile). I think it's interesting that she is not off the charts tall because so many people comment on how big she is for her age. I mean, she isn't exactly tiny, but clearly there are a lot of kids bigger than she is.
I asked the pediatrician about her reluctance to eat any vegetables, and most fruits in their whole form. She said feeding them to her pureed was fine and to really praise her if she even put a piece of a vegetable in her mouth, even if she spits it back out. She said to really reward her for just trying new things. I also asked about her not drinking milk and she said that as long as she likes yogurt and cheese, she's fine. I've determined that unless it's something really disturbing, the pediatrician probably isn't going to think it's anything to worry about. I always mention different things just in case it's an indicator of a bigger issue and I don't want to miss something that could be caught or avoided early.
At this appointment she had another DTaP vaccine. According to our schedule, this would have been her appointment to get the chickenpox vaccine, but I want to wait a little bit on that one and do some more research on it. The things I ready a while back indicated that the vaccine does not provide lifetime immunity, so she will need to keep getting the vaccine throughout her life to avoid having the chickenpox as an adult when it would be much more dangerous. I want to look into that some more before we make a decision. Ideally, I would like her to have them naturally because then you know you develop immunity. The only catch is that now that so many children are vaccinated, it's hard to be exposed to them. Our pediatrician's practice has about 5 doctors and they only see about 3 cases of chickenpox a year. That means we may not come in contact with a child who is going to have the chickenpox. There's always something new to look into!
I asked the pediatrician about her reluctance to eat any vegetables, and most fruits in their whole form. She said feeding them to her pureed was fine and to really praise her if she even put a piece of a vegetable in her mouth, even if she spits it back out. She said to really reward her for just trying new things. I also asked about her not drinking milk and she said that as long as she likes yogurt and cheese, she's fine. I've determined that unless it's something really disturbing, the pediatrician probably isn't going to think it's anything to worry about. I always mention different things just in case it's an indicator of a bigger issue and I don't want to miss something that could be caught or avoided early.
At this appointment she had another DTaP vaccine. According to our schedule, this would have been her appointment to get the chickenpox vaccine, but I want to wait a little bit on that one and do some more research on it. The things I ready a while back indicated that the vaccine does not provide lifetime immunity, so she will need to keep getting the vaccine throughout her life to avoid having the chickenpox as an adult when it would be much more dangerous. I want to look into that some more before we make a decision. Ideally, I would like her to have them naturally because then you know you develop immunity. The only catch is that now that so many children are vaccinated, it's hard to be exposed to them. Our pediatrician's practice has about 5 doctors and they only see about 3 cases of chickenpox a year. That means we may not come in contact with a child who is going to have the chickenpox. There's always something new to look into!
Waiting for her turn to see the doctor.
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