Yesterday was Joy's one year examination. We were anxious to see how much she weighed, since her last check up. She was almost 17 pounds. I have cousin whose 18 week son weighs that much. The doctor did not seem to concerned about the weight. Joy appears to be healthy.
Of course with the one year check up is shots. I am not sure of the shots Joy received. I know it was at least four. Fortunately, she seems to handle them okay. She cries, but is able to calm herself down. The doctor's office also did an anemia check involving a prick to the finger. The nurses talked about doing this first, but the kit was being used. So after Joy calmed down from the shots, she had to get her finger pricked. The nurse came in the room and pricked Joy's finger. At first I thought she might not cry. She had that surprised look on her face. Then the blood and tears fell. I think the nurse was surprised to see that much blood, I know I was. She scrambled to find some gauze. The nurse got a band aid around Joy's finger and we calmed Joy down.
Joy is also on whole milk. We were a little worried how she would respond. She is not known for drinking her formula well. She seemed to like it and not have a problem drinking it. We just have to work on getting her to drink more from a cup. She still likes the bottle.
I am sure Wendy will put up a post about more details and probably the correct details I missed.
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