9 month Appointment

Nolan had his 9 month doctor appointment today and as usual is doing just great.  He got one shot which he did just fine with as well. The doctor said not to worry that he isn't drinking as much formula, and to actually give him his solids first the his bottle. We can also continue weaning him off his prevacid and hopefully in a couple weeks he will be totally off of it. Around 11 months we can also start weaning him off of his formula onto his whole milk, which we are excited about as we only need one baby on formula at a time. He is still a little behind on communication, but not as far as behind as he was at 6 months so for now we will still monitor it. She is worried that its a hearing issue, but since he is making some sounds we won't do another hearing test at this point. She would like him to be saying mama or dada by 12 months, even if it isn't directed at us necessarily. The only other issue was he went down in percentiles for both weight and height. The nurse actually measured him twice because she thought she got it wrong the first time. The doctor thinks its because he is crawling and more active than most babies his age and that's the reason for the decrease. As long as he doesn't go down in percentile more at a year we won't worry about it. We went down this road with Tyler as well, so we are not to concerned about it. Tyler never went down in percentile in height however so that is a new thing for us. He still weighs more than Tyler did at this point, but less than Carter. He is shorter than both boys were.  His measurements are: weight - 18 pounds, 9 ounces, 22nd percentile; height - 27 1/2 inches, 25th percentile; and head circumference 44.6 cm, 40th percentile. Glad he is happy and healthy!!