9 Month Stats

Snuggles saw the pediatrician today for his 9-month check-up.  The doctor checked him over and tested his hemoglobin.  It's all good news.  Snuggles is completely healthy and on track.

Here are his stats:

Age	Weight (lbs, oz)	Height (inches)	Head (cm)
Birth	7 lbs, 6 oz	21	14 (OUCH!)
2 weeks	6 lbs, 11 oz	21	14
1 month	9 lbs, 14.5 oz (47%)	22 5/8 (82%)	14 5/8 (24%)
2 months	11 lbs, 12.5 oz (52%)	23 (53%)	15 1/2 (35%)
4 months	14 lbs, 9 oz	26 (83%)	16 1/2 (38%)
6 months	16 lbs, 11.5 oz (34%)	26 1/2 (53%)	16 3/4 (18%)
9 months	18 lbs, 15.5 oz (24%)	28 1/2 (59%)	17 7/8 (84%)

The pediatrician gave us the go-ahead to start introducing Snuggles to more table foods, including meat.  But no dairy, peanuts or shellfish yet. Since we have a family history of allergies, we will wait on those things until after Snuggles is one year old.

The doctor asked some questions to check on Snuggles' development, and I told her he's doing really great with his fine motor skills but seems to be a little slow on the gross motor skills.  She told me Jackson is at 12 months development for some of his fine motor skills (like the pincer grasp), so he's ahead on those.  And since he stands well (assisted), he's really doing fine on gross motor as well.  She said he may skip crawling all-together, and that's fine.  We'll keep encouraging it, despite how much he hates tummy time. 

Snuggles really enjoyed entertaining the doctor today. He is a ham!  I feel blessed and grateful to God that Snuggles is happy and healthy.