Kennedy met with Dr. Joey today for her 12 month check up.  He was very happy about her development.  He said she was in perfect help.  I had a few a bazillion questions for him about shoes, sippy cups, summer, and skin.  He put my mind at rest about most of my concerns.  My first huge concern was how to get her off the boob and on a sippy cup.  He gave me some tips to try.  He also told me it is ok if she never takes a traditional sippy cup.  He agreed that it is better for her langauge if she stuck to the sippy cups with a straw.  She wasn’t going to not learn how to drink from  a real cup if I didn’t teach her to tip a sippy cup.  He also said that it is ok if I have to add a little chocolate or strawberry to her milk to convince her to drink it.  He also told me that I didn’t need to force her to like juice.  Water and milk are completely ok.  He did say that when she is weened he wants her drinking 16-20 ounces of milk per day.

  I also had questions about her scalp, birthmark, and red slotches on her skin.  He told me that I needed to use selson blue on her scalp (she still has cadle cap).  He told me to use it twice a week and just to make sure I avoid getting it in her eyes.

As for her skin, those blotchy spots are eczema.  He told me just to use cream and hydrocortison cream on them.  The birthmark is another story.  He referred us to a dermetologist.  The birthmark is neutral in color, just a little raised spot.  Off we go to yet another specialist.

Shoes.  Shoes shoes shoes.  Oh shoes.  Now that is a whole other problem.  I told Dr. Joey about Kennedy’s love of shoes.  She loves all shoes.  My shoes.  Her daddy’s shoes.  Strangers shoes.  She wants to wear shoes all day every day.   She loves the shoe section of  Target and shoe stores.  She calls them “soos”.  Before she could walk I would let her wear the most impractical shoes.  I didn’t worry if they were uncomfortable or too big.  Now that she can walk it is a whole different story.  I have been going to stores for days trying to find shoes that fit her that she can walk in.  Dr. Joey told me my best bet would be to go to striderite and let them measure her.  I decided I would suck it up and let them measure her and also buy an expensive pair of shoes for her.  The man helping us was SO nice.  He measured Kennedy’s feet then frowned.  He then had me stand her up and re-measure.  No go, they don’t sell shoes in that store that will fit her.  He told me to come back next year.  We then went to the Target and BINGO we found the cutest pair of shoes that she can walk in!  She has her soos!  Product Image Pre-Walk Girls' Circo® Agota Butterfly Flex-Sole Mary Jane Shoes - Pink 

I also found a great sippy cup at Target.

She loves it and has already drank a cup of milk!

Here are the inportant stats:

Weight: 19 lbs 10 oz 17th %tile

Length: 29 inches 32%tile

Head circumference: 17 inches 42%tile

She also got her MMR, chicken pox, hepititis A, and one other vaccine.  So far no Tylenol needed!  She’s such a little trooper!

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