Today we had Kennedy’s nine month well visit. I have been so excited about this visit all day. First my pediatrician doesn’t do any vacines at 9 months. Second I had a ton of questions about what Kennedy could and could not eat. Third I wanted to know her size.
Kennedy has grown so much in the past few weeks that I just knew she was huge. I knew that she would be sitting at at least 50th percentile. I just knew she had to weigh close to 20 pouds. I just knew her chart would skyrocket!
weight: 17.3 lbs 15th percentile
length: 26.5 inches 10th percentile
Head: 17.25 inches 36th percentile
Darn…. I was wrong. She is still a peanut. She is tiny. She didn’t grow that much.
The good news is they gave her a peanut test! I was talking to Dr. D’s nurse about the different foods Kennedy has been eating and how much she is nursing. They warned me no shell fish until age 1, no eggs until age 1, and no peanuts until 2. I asked again about getting her tested for peanuts and the nurse said she would talk to Dr. D. for me. When Dr. D came into the office he not only agreed that we needed to test Kennedy he agreed that we didn’t need to let another day go by without testing her. He said he could vividly remember when Jay was a 4 year old and ate a peanut. He remembered that Jay almost died! Thank goodness for having a pediatrician who knows your true family history!
The other hot topic was sippy cups, talking, and crawling. Today at the appointment Kennedy learned to point. Out of the blue she was pointing to everything she wanted to see and hold. What a great time to learn and show off her knew skill! As for crawling, Dr. D is not too concerned. He is hoping that we will see pulling up and cruising soon since she is such a good walker with support. He told us pretty much that she crawling may not be in Kennedy’s future. He also warned us that her current fish out of water scoot may cause blisters to form on her toes. I must admit her toes do look pretty sore! As for sippy cups we are supposed to just continue to try to offer her water in them. Dr. D is not concerned that she isn’t taking them since she is a boob kind of girl.
Overall the appointment went well. I am so thankful for a good doctor and such a wonderful staff. Now we wait. Within 5-7 days we will know about the peanuts! I’m so nervous!
The random thoughts of me…
Feb 27
I think this is the first time I have had a chance to sit in weeks. No husband.. Kennedy is napping… The house is clean… No work demands…. Just me and my thoughts:)
Thought 1: Is the Earth going crazy? Earthquakes… hurricanes… rain… snow in SC? This is all too much! I must say my original thoughts on Haiti were “good can come from this”. I always try to see the positive in stuff. I always look for the positive in people. I always try to look for the positive in situations. My cup is always half full. On a side note this is not always a good thing. I am blindsided all the time and the mean things people say and do. I am always taken advantage of. And I get so upset when bad things happen to me. I found out that some people who I thought were friends were calling me ABC behind my back because of this (Allison B Clueless). After this hurtful instance I thought I should be tougher. I should be mean. I should look for the negative in people and situations. That mentallity lasted only a week. I still think people are good. I still think the world is a good place. I still think good will come from the earthquake in Haiti. That country has needed help for a long time. Those children needed adopting. The country needed medical supplies. The county was often just pushed back into the far corners of peoples mind. I have always wanted to go to places like that and teach, adopt children, help in any way possible. Maybe one day I will be able to do this still. As for Chili I am equally upset. Those poor people were just sleeping. They went to bed with no idea as to what was about to happen to them. Now what? What will happen next?
2. Kennedy is growing. Fast. I swear she wakes up from naps bigger than when she went to sleep. Like literally within one week she skipped past 9 month clothes and can wear 12 month clothes now! She went from petite to HUGE. She likes to eat. She likes to eat alot. She loves tasting food and she likes food with taste. She also still nurses 6 times a day! I can’t wait to go to the doctor on Friday to get her weight and height stats.
3. I got a new sewing table. I love it! It is glass top with black flowers on it. So chic! I think I am almost ready to open my ETSY shop. Who wants to buy something?
4. Potter is so cute. He has been ignored some since Kennedy came along and finally the other day I groomed him. I cut out his matts and gave him some love. He is such a good big brother and loves to be with Kennedy (until she slithers towards his food).
5. I have actually been cooking lately. I like to have dinner ready when Jay gets home to share it with Kennedy. She is such a fan of everything I cook it really motivates me to try more. She actually ate pheasant the other night and liked it too!
6. The therapist are thinking we may have as little as a month left with her helmet. I am so ready to get my baby head back!
7. Sweeping the floor is my favorite chore. Mopping is my least favorite.
8. I am planning on walking in the march of dimes walk with someone I have known forever…. but not really well. I feel like I know her and her family so well from reading her blog and hope that my readers feel the same about me. I had a co-worker who is at a different school now tell me the other day that she checks my blog when she needs a lift. She said she likes to see how much I am loving being a Mommy (Hi Lucy!)
9. I love my job. I love my students. I love my assistants. I love the friends I met through my job. I love that my district is cutting back on summer school teachers so I won’t be tempted to work my job this summer. Summer school money is good. Summer school teaching is fun. Summer school kids are awesome. I know if it is an option and childcare would be an option I would do it in a heartbeat. I don’t want to do it. I want to spend the summer with Kennedy. I want to go to the zoo. I want to go to the spray park. I want to go for walks. I don’t want to work with summer!
10. Summer is coming! I can’t wait for this summer. I can’t wait to get Kennedy’s cute little fanny into a bathing suit. I can’t wait to take her out on the boat. I can’t wait to take her to the pool. I can’t wait to take her to the beach. The end of the summer we are taking a weeks vacations with the family to have a beach front house. I can’t wait. I just keep looking at the pictures of the house and imagining all the fun things we are going to do there!
11. Kennedy has one word she loves to say all the time. Sure we have heard a few words from her: mama, dada, lala (potter), no… but her word. Her favorite word. The word we hear all day and all night… “uh oh”. She says “uh oh” when she drops somthing. She says “uh oh” when she throws something. She sayd “uh oh” when she passes gas. She says “uh oh” when we drop something. It is so stinking cute to hear her say it. Uh oh.. I hear someone awake in her crib. Nap time is over!
loving life
Feb 23
Our life is GREAT. We love being parents. Kennedy brings so much joy to our life and I can’t even remember what filled the void before we had her! What did we do in our free time? What did we talk about? What made us smile every day?
Kennedy is growing up so fast. She loves to eat currently. Her favorites are dill pickle, baked potato, green beans, grilled cheese, pizza, and many other things. Her least favorite are apples, pears, strawberries, and pretty much every other fruit. She still can’t crawl. She does this odd snail-like scoot to get from point A to point B, but she has yet to do a traditional crawl. She does like to walk though. If you will hold her hands or hips she will walk around the whole house.
Ever since returning to day care from Christmas break Kennedy has not been loving her bottle. Sherry would try everything in her power to get Kennedy to drink and on some days she wouldn’t take more than an ounce. We recently bought Kennedy some new bottles and she is drinking 10-12 ounces at daycare. 
This bottle is supposed to feel more like a boob in her mouth. It must work because she is loving it! It makes me happy because she is drinking her milk when I’m not there:) We still haven’t had much progress in sippy cups, but she has time for that. I’m fine with her just nursing and drinking out of her boob bottle for the next few months.
Favorite foods: oranges, pizza, and anything we are eating
Weight: 17.6 lbs
Length: not sure? Our doctor appointment has been postponed due to her RSV
Bedtime: 8:30 PM
Wakes up: 7:00 AM
Interesting facts: she has decided she HATES bottles and only wants milk from her Mommy, she wants to walk really bad and can balance a few seconds before she falls, she still only army crawls
Favorite toy: any ball
RSV – very common virus that leads to mild, cold-like symptoms in adults and older healthy children. It can be more serious in young babies, especially to those in certain high-risk groups AKA the devil. This description does not even begin to explain what my poor baby girl has been through in the last 5 days. Breathing difficulty, coughing until she throws up, fever, diarrhea, and thats just the beginning of it. Kennedy was diagnosed on Wednesday. I took her in to the doctor because on Tuesday I heard a couple (yes just like 2) coughs that sounds funky. I had such a busy week I decided I didn’t have time for an ear infection and brought her in to the doctor. They swabbed her nose for to test for RSV. I thought they were just wasting my money. Seriously? RSV? She didn’t have trouble breathing. She didn’t have a bad cough. RSV is what put babies in the hospital. 15 seconds later (this test usually takes 20 minutes to come back positive) Kennedy was getting hooked up to her first breathing treatment. The doctor sent us home and told us that it peeks at day 5. We were sitting at day 2. Wednesday and Thursday weren’t great, but she did OK. Her temperature stayed around 101. Friday she hit rock bottom. She wouldn’t eat. She wouldn’t drink. She was lethargic and burning up all day. Saturday we could tell she was feeling better. Today she went to day care and felt fine. She still has a horrible cough that is lingering about and she still won’t eat. She only will nurse. No milk in a bottle. No milk in a sippy cup. Not solid foods. Just boob. I know she has lost some weight. I’m just hoping she will start eating again soon!
Save the Date!
Feb 2
We are planning on having Kennedy’s first birthday party on May 15th. (Yeah I know it is months away but people are already asking!)
And in your top news today
Jan 31
Kennedy is into everything! EVERYTHING! I can’t turn my back on her for a second without finding her in the dogs toys! This crawling stuff is keeping me busy. She always crawls right past her toys and either goes for Mommy and Daddy’s shoes, Potter’s toys, or Potter himself. To say the least I am glad his teeth are rotten or we would have a dog bite or two on our hands! We went back to have her Doc Band checked this week and things are looking great. We are hoping for only two more months! I can’t wait to snuggle without a hat:( My goal is to get her into the Doc Band Calendar. We took some pictures today. Hopefully I will be able to show those to you soon! It is very funny the questions and comments I get about the Doc Band. Some are nice. Some are curious. And some are mean. It has been called a “Gaudy hat”, a crown, and a decoration. People have asked if she bumped her head, had surgery, or if it was something all new walkers were wearing to prevent injury. Overall Kennedy loves her hat and I am really starting to get used to it. She is beautiful with or without it!
My new favorite song
Jan 21
I have found a new song which really speaks to me. Since hearing it for the first time yesterday I have listened to it like 30 times. It really speaks to me. It make me think. It makes me laugh. It makes me smile. I have had a HARD week and this is just the type song I need to hear when I am feeling down.
Oh yeah the other big news…. Kennedy can army crawl!!!
Crown, hat, helmet
Jan 18
Whatever you choose to call it we have had it for 12 days now. 276 hours Kennedy has been wearing her crown. Check out this shot of her noggin. Lookin good, huh?
