Beckett's 12-Month Check Up

On February 10 just a couple of days after her birthday I took her in for her 12-month check-up. I like to go as soon as she hits, and this was the first appointment I could get! All went well - here are the highlights!

• We seem to have a somewhat small fry! Beckett has yet to hit 20 pounds (weighed in at 19 pounds 2 oz) putting her in the 42nd percentile. Her height has normalized and she's now in the 64th percentile. Her weight has historically been around there, but her height was always in the 95th, 98th, 97th, etc. - so maybe she won't completely tower over me one day!
• She had 3 shots which made her cry, and a finger prick which made her really cry. 
• We had her first spot vision screening test done which tests for difference in eye strength, pupil size deviations, blurred vision, farsightedness, nearsightedness and eye turns.  she scored perfectly normal - yay!
• The doctor was happy to hear that she is on sippy cup vs. bottle, feeding herself 3 meals and 2 snacks a day, transitioning away from formula to whole milk, clapping hands, waving hi/bye, and saying a few words.
• They checked her ears - all good. But did agree that she was still really congested/runny nose from our last visit. Last Thursday, they diagnosed her with a cold and major teething (girlfriend has 4 bottom teeth, 4 top teeth and all 4 molars just came in - eek). However, since she still had cold symptoms they said it was now elevated to a sinus infection and time for antibiotics - boo. So yes, for whoever is keeping track she is now sick for the third time (December: double ear infection; January: stomach infection; February: sinus infection). They said this is normal - dislike!
• He assured me that the following were normal:
• pulling on her ears
• coughing at night
• pulling on her hair
• thumb sucking
• not taking vitamins (no need since she takes veggies/fruits)
• banging her head on her crib (a new one; sigh!)
• He also said:
• she is fine to eat everything now - honey, nuts, egg whites, etc. She has had her first full egg now and loves it just as much as she did 'the yellow'
• we can do cow's milk, almond milk, or coconut milk - doesn't matter just as long as she drinks one to get calcium (we're doing cow's whole organic milk now - we'll see!)
• it's time to start brushing her teeth; now that she has more than 8 teeth because of the molars coming in we can start brushing - eek
• It's time to start saying NO if she hits us, bites us, pulls our hair, throws food, etc. and not smiling or laughing since it's not a game... so far she hasn't done any of this but throwing food - he says it's just around the corner! Lovely!

After our appointment it started... true story - girlfriend hit me when I was trying to take our picture to document the visit. SIGH. She is a toddler now, huh?

Houston, we have a toddler!