One Year Stats

Jaxson had his one year checkup on Tuesday evening and I have to say that he definitely lives up to his nickname, "Little Man". Here are his stats:

Weight: 19 lbs, 11.5 oz. (10%)
Length: 30 in. (60%)
Head circumference: 18 in. (25%)

So, even though he's littler, he's still growing on his curve so there's nothing alarming about that. Dr. Rogers just said that he'll be a tall and slender kid, which is fitting as that's exactly how his Daddy is built. Everything else on his exam was passed with flying colors. He's walking everywhere, he can already say 4 different words ("mama", "hot", "kitty", and "baba") and he's working on all four one-year molars. The top ones have been partially in since last month, but now they are really starting to come through as are the bottom ones.

He also got three shots at his visit, which I always feel terrible about. He cried and cried, but as soon as I cradled him against me, he calmed down and was back to his happy little self. He has to go back in July for his 15 month checkup, but we got all green lights until then.

I asked his doctor about his constipation issue and she said we are doing everything right, but we need to just increase his Miralax. Jaxson does well with eating grains, fruit, and protein (meat), but he has a hard time with vegetables. He doesn't like pureed foods and so there's not a lot of "finger food" veggies we can give him that are soft enough for him to chew. We are also trying to cut down on how much liquid he has in hopes he'll eat more solid foods...and we are working on taking away the bottle and switching to a sippy cup. Luckily, he seems eager to use the cup like big brother, so hopefully that will be an easy feat for us.

Everything looks fantastic! He's a healthy and thriving little boy...and for that we are very thankful.