One year check up !

Another great birthday gift from Aunt Cindy, Uncle Ben and the Boys !! Drinking and Driving !


More shots. Darned those shots that hurt my baby.

Today, Eric and I blew off work in the afternoon to take Elaina for her one year check up at the doctor's office. We thought it was important to go together since she is growing and changing so fast and want to know what things we can do differently since she has turned one. Our concerns were with her eating habits. Elaina loves chicken and turkey (not deli meat) and all beef bologna. She's not so much into fruits and vegetables at the moment other than baby food. Her favorite food is potato chips ! Does that count ? Stinker ! Anything that sticks to her fingers is not going in the mouth. And a bigger problem is that she has to take everything off of the spoon I feed her to investigate in her little hands. Apparently, this is to identify the sticky-factor. Her pediatrician (who is also our family doctor that we love) said that her daughter did the same thing and although it's hard, you just have to be persistent and try new things. One huge benefit in our favor is that Elaina is great with her sippy cup and we may get to pack up the bottles and cut out the formula for good. Yeah !

Her eating habits have been changing on their own. Before, she was reliant on her bedtime bottle and now, she'll sometimes put herself to sleep by just sucking on her binky when she's really tired. ( I know... she's an angel ! And she still sleeps through the night ! ) We're making strides in giving her dry cereal or pancakes and milk for breakfast rather than a bottle. I've tried every possible way to serve her eggs for breakfast and she's not into that either. So, the babysitter is on board with helping us feed Miss Picky and we'll give her all the time she needs to develop better eating habits.

Now, back to the doctor visit ... Elaina got three vaccines today in the form of two shots. She had been given the Almighty Tylenol before her visit and I was armed with her first taste of a lollipop before and after her pricks. A trick I learned from S.I.L. Kate - thanks ! Elaina screamed without breathing until she was in her daddy's arms and she recovered within a minute. Way to go, Big Girl ! Poor mom has been on the sidelines of affections with a bad cold - still. Getting Elaina sick is the last thing I would want to do. As for her current stats, she measured in at 29 1/2 inches and weighs 20.10 pounds. This puts her in the 50th percentile for her age. I'm happy with that ! When we were finished with our time with the doctor, Elaina walked around the office saying Bye-Bye to everyone. Just letting them know that she was done being there ! " Bye- bye ! "