Liam had his 1 year checkup today. He slid backwards to the 85% for his height (31") and remained in the 30% for his weight (21lbs 8oz) which is weird since 10 days ago he as 21lbs 12oz. However Dr. Lockhart was concerned about his head. He has dropped to the 3rd percentile. She wanted to make sure its was a genetic thing vs a medical thing. After checking his skull to make sure his bones were still pliable and hadn't closed up completely, we sat down and had a conversation about family history. Since I have a really tiny head, I can wear Liam's hat and sunglasses and they fit, she isn't overly concerned but will continue to monitor his head more closely. Liam also meet all of his milestones including 3 words other than mama and dada, crawling, walking, playing ball, and standing from a squatting position. He now can have whole milk, but we discussed since I'm lactose intolerant and Liam shows signs too, that it might be better to hold off until he's 15mths instead. Liam is also big enough now that we can turn his car seat around, but Clay and I will probably hold off on that as long as possible.
It wouldn't be a trip to the doctors office without shots. Liam had his MMR and his chicken poxs vaccines. I asked about the chicken poxs vaccine and why is it that they give it to kids so frequently now. Dr. Lockhart said that there was 700,000 hospitalized cases last year, and if you have 200-300 sores/poxs that is a great way to get a Staph/MRSA infection. I never even thought of that. I did know that he needed the chicken pox shot for school.
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