Let's start with the positives.
Mark has been doing well at work. He's learning lots of things that he didn't learn at CNA school. He got braces this week, which he's been asking for.
Makayla had her 1 year check up. She is doing very well in fine motor and speech; she says "dada" very well. She is about the 25th percentile for height. She had no major reactions to her vaccines. She is doing her bootie scoot more and more to get around the room. She discovered the tupperware cupboard tonight and enjoyed looking through it.
The struggles.
Mark didn't realize how much the braces will hurt. Mark also realized that pushing it too much and staying up too long after working all night really doesn't feel well.
Makayla is below the 5th percentile on weight. We are working on beefing up her caloric intake. She doesn't say mama, but will look right at me and say dada. Apparently dada works for both of us.
Her pediatrician and I are a little nervous about how she doesn't even want to bear weight much, if at all. We are going to get her some physical therapy help with this, and also get her checked by a neurologist just to make sure everything is ok. I'm hoping that it's more of a "I don't want to" thing, rather than a "I can't do it" thing.
Yeah for braces! Yeah for tupperware cupboards! I hope the teeth pain subsides and that Makayla's not bearing weight issue is an "I don't want to" thing!
ReplyDeleteI also hope that she is just being stubborn! If it makes you feel better, Liesel didn't walk until she was 16 months old and Logan didn't walk until he was 17 months old. Liesel walked on her knees and Logan did the army crawl. My latest kid, Jorgen, was also a knee walker. Weird kids!!
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