One Year Check-Up

Standing up like a big girl and playing with a train set at the doctor's office
I'm thinking she might need her own rocking chair soon.
Getting ready to be weighed.
She was very excited about her weight. I, on the other hand, was not excited about her weight.
Waiting for the doctor.
She was so happy during her check-up. Until, of course, the shot part.
Trying to decide how she felt about the stethoscope on her back.
An odd, but informative, family shot.
On Wednesday, Ellis had her one year check-up at the pediatrician. The pediatrician was very happy with how much Ellis has grown and all that she is doing developmentally. After much soul searching and reading of materials, I decided to wait to give Ellis the MMR until she is two or starts daycare, whichever comes first. Luckily my pediatrician supported this, though as any good doctor would, she did warn against relying on the "herd immunity protection" as so many parents aren't getting their children vaccinated these days. I agree with her completely, when talking generalizations, but just wasn't ready to give Ellis the shot that so many parents feel is linked to autism. So, we will wait and pray that Ellis is safe from these diseases until we feel ready to vaccinate her. We have given her all the other shots on schedule, so I am at peace with this decision. In other big news, or not so big news as one would have it, Ellis weighed in at a whooping 18lbs 6ozs. I really wanted her to triple her birth-weight by the time she was one, so I was disappointed that this didn't happen (tripling her birth-weight would have meant she weighed 18lbs. 15ozs instead so we aren't that far off). She is 29.5 inches long. This puts her in the 10th percentile for weight and the 60th for height...just like her daddy!