Amaya met her new doctor today - Dr. Marc Matthews for her 9 month well-baby visit. Our old family medicine doctor left the Mayo Clinic a few months ago when his wife accepted another job in Michigan. We miss Dr. Berlanga, but Dr. Matthews was very nice.
Amaya is still considered a "light-weight", and now that she's crawling her weight may drop a little, but he wasn't concerned because her weight has been consistent. I'm amazed at how quickly she's growing. I finally packed away the last of her 3-6 month clothes. (I think she has one 3-6 month pair of PJs that still fit.) We've also just started noticing that some of her 6-9 month pants are getting a tad bit short.
Weight: Almost 17 pounds (7.7 kgs to be exact) - the 19th percentile
Height: 2 feet 3 inches - the 36th percentile
She got the first of a series of 2 influenza shots. She'll go back in 4 weeks to get the second one. She also got the polio vaccine. Amaya cried while the nurse gave her the injections and shortly thereafter, gave the nurse a great big smile. We also had to take Amaya to get some blood drawn. Since she spends a fair amount of time in houses that were built before 1978 (my parents, Steve's parents, and Steve's grandparents), they wanted to check a blood level for lead exposure and also for anemia. There were two lab technicians - one to draw the blood and another to "play" with Amaya during the procedure. Steve and I held her down and I looked the other way. Again, she did surprisingly well!
Amaya also has to have an opthamology consultation on November 3rd. She's had a blocked tear duct since birth and while it hasn't bothered her any, our doctor would like us to meet with the specialists and have them decide if there needs to be any intervention. Most blocked tear ducts will "work themselves out," but since hers hasn't, we'll get it checked out. I'm glad to hear that this shouldn't affect her vision either way. Steve has PERFECT vision and I'm blind as a bat, so I'm hoping that she has daddy's good eyes!