The final weigh-in

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 | Anna

Today we had another weight check with Anna’s doctor. As you may remember, for the past three months we have had monthly weigh-ins to see if Anna can gain some weight. I’ve been feeding her plenty of mac and cheese, butter, half-and-half and other fattening things all along the way.

When she was weighed today at the doctor’s office Anna weighed 17.8 lbs. This means that Anna gained a pound since the last check and has steadily gained a pound a month for the past three months. This has pleased our doctor enough that we will no longer have to go in every month. I still need to feed Anna every possible fattening thing I can – since she is still 3rd percentile – but she’s on her own little curve. Perhaps in a few months she can catch up to the other 1 year olds she knows and weigh the proper 20 lbs to face forward in her car seat.

In the meantime the doctor said that her weight might drop off, now that Anna is walking (see below!) and is “more active”. Apparently our doctor has not been listening to me about how active Anna is already. I mean seriously, this is the kid who regularly climbs into her rocking chair and stands there rocking it while trying to climb up the back…

Anyway, Anna is walking more and more every day and more steadily each time. Pretty soon she’ll be running and then I’ll have to just feed her sticks of butter to keep her weight up – but for the moment the “great fattening up” has worked!