9 Month Checkup Update

We took the boys into the pediatrician yesterday for their 9 month checkup. The 9 month checkup was a fun one because there were no vaccinations that the boys needed to receive.  We have decided to switch pediatricians to the one we saw for the boys’ 5 & 6 month checkups.  We really like his personality, style & approach with the boys.

The boys were both in great moods again. Both boys checked out great and the doctor was very happy with the progress they have made so far.  He was also very happy about and saw much improvement in the shape of the boys heads – great news!  He said that they both still show signs of teething although Colton looked a little closer than Wyatt for sprouting his first tooth – but only time will tell.  Colton’s eyes have been very watery lately, which we brought up as a concern only to find out that it’s blocked tear ducts again.  (We dealt with blocked tear ducts in both the boys during their first 5-6 months.)

Here are their updated measurements:
Wyatt – weighs 20 lbs. 3 oz. & is 28.25 inches long (2 foot 4 in tall!)
Colton – weighs 19 lbs. 10 oz. & is 28.13 inches long (2 foot 4 in tall!)

Wyatt
Birth: 4 lbs 11 oz | 17.5"
1 week: 4 lbs 8 oz | 17.72"
2 weeks: 5 lbs 1 oz | 17.72"
1 month: 6 lbs 8 oz | 19.29"
2 months: 8 lbs 6 oz | 20.47"
4 months: 13 lbs 4 oz |23.62"
5 months: 16 lbs (35%) | 25.59" (32%)
6 months: 17 lbs 1 oz (34%) | 26.18" (29%)
9 months: 20 lbs 3 oz (43%) | 28.25" (49%)

Colton
Birth: 4 lbs 15 oz | 18"
1 week: 4 lbs 14 oz | 17.91"
2 weeks: 5 lbs 5 oz | 18.11"
1 month: 6 lbs 5 oz | 19.49"
2 months: 8 lbs 4 oz | 20.28"
4 months: 12 lbs 11 oz | 23.43"
5 months: 15 lbs 9 oz (27%) | 24.80" (9%)
6 months: 16 lbs 10 oz (26%) | 26.18" (29%)
9 months: 19 lbs 10 oz (33%) | 28.13" (45%)

The doctor gave us the go ahead to start giving them any regular adult food.  His feeling is that practically any food is OK to give the boys as long as it’s mashed up enough for them to eat.  (There has been a lot of controversy in the past few years about when to introduce certain common “allergy causing” foods – later vs. earlier – to try to reduce the likelihood of the child having an allergy to that food but our doctor told us about a recent study that shows that waiting until later has not shown any benefit.)  We know we will have to let the boys lead the way and that it’ll be more of “try it and try it again” as we’ve seen their first reactions to food with different textures (which were not good!).  We’ll just keep trying one day at a time.  He also encouraged us to get the boys familiar with sippy cups (which we got to brag that they’ve been doing daily for the past few months) because he would like to see them get rid of bottles by 12 months or 13-14 months at the latest.  I’m all for that!