Last Thursday daddy took Owain to his nine month well visit. I was a little disappointed that I was not able to go because I had to work.I asked daddy to take a picture of Owain during his appointment(I know I am such a first time mom and a little camera happy). The picture above is Owain sitting on daddy's lap waiting for Dr.H.
He doesn't turn nine months until the twenty-fifth of this month. We actually moved his appointment a few weeks early. We were concerned with his eating habits.Owain has never really been a huge eater. He tends to eat only a few ounces at a time. The most would be three to five ounces.Unless we offer him solid food which he loves. If we would let him he would probably eat solid food all day long unless it is banana or peaches. Those seem to be the two foods he least likes. Anyways back at his six month well visit Dr.H suggested only feeding him solids twice a day(I was giving him solid three times a day) that way hopefully he will want to drink more of his bottles. We tried that and it didn't really seem to make much of a difference. Depending on the day. He would have some days where he would drink all of his bottles and other days he would barely drink 1-2 ounces at a time. This can be very frustrating. Every since we brought Owain home from the NICU back in March we have been trying to fatten him up and get him out of the one percentile for weight. We even give him a higher calorie formula. He is on 25cal and he is still in the one percentile.
Last month when we took Owain to the doctor because he had a cold he lost a few ounces.A few ounces may seem like not that much but for Owain it is a lot.He was a little under 14 pounds. I am always worrying about his weight. Because of the ounces he lost he was no longer on the curve as far as his weight. Well I am happy to report that he is back on the curve! He now weighs 14lb. 7oz. He still is little and only in the one percentile for weight but the important thing is he is back on the curve. Dr. H wasn't to concerned with his eating habits. Daddy showed her a log of all of his food and bottle intake and she was pleased with how much he has been eating. Since he hasn't lost any weight since his cold and he is gaining again she told us not to worry. His height is 26.5 inches so that makes him in the tenth percentile. Which keeps him on the curve and his head 18inches! Yes our baby boy as a big head. His head is in the 75precintile still. Which is really good that means he has a big brain and maybe one day his body will catch up to his head.
Since his appointment last Thursday we stared feeding him twice as much solids and Owain is loving it! He loves his solids and since we started feeding him more solids he has been eating more of his bottles! Woohoo!way to go little man! Keep it up your going to have chunky thighs in no time!
Yesterday daddy took Owain to his 12 month well visit. He got four shots!! They didn't really seem to affect him much through out the day.We did give him Tylenol partly because of the shots and he is teething! He now has two front teeth! Woohoo!
