Aven has an appointment with the nutritionist on Monday. This requires me to fill out a daily food log for 3 days. Nothing like anxiety over what your child is eating when you see their a food log. I'm certain I'll be told several things are bad, or she should be eating more of _____. We'll see. Daryl and I talked about the need to even see the nutritionist, now that she's gaining weight, but our nurse was very insistent, so we'll see how it goes.
Daryl's parents were here this past week. We really enjoyed that, especially Aven. Okay, I probably enjoyed it a little bit more because I could actually fix dinner at a normal time since they entertained her. We tried to squeeze in as much fun stuff as possible over the 6 short days they were here.
This was our second time visiting Fortress of the Bear. We enjoyed it more this time, especially Aven I'm sure - since she was just a tiny nugget last time, not even aware of her surroundings.
There were a couple gorgeous days, so we made sure to enjoy them! And of course Daryl and I had to go out on a fancy-schmancy date with the free babysitting!
I love date nights with this guy!
And then on Sunday Aven was dedicated at our church. I'm so glad we could do it when Daryl's parents were here. Aven was just perfect - the pastor took her from Daryl and held her to present to the church, and as soon as he said her name she waved at everyone. It was adorable.
Bonus: her weight gain has helped her fit in her Easter dress better! (The 9 month size now just about fits her at 11 months.)
The OT came again on Wednesday at we signed all the papers for Aven's IFSP. It was familiar to me, having taught special ed, but not completely the same as the paperwork I had to do as a teacher. They were explaining things like IDEA and FAPE and I was glad I understood what they were talking about! The OT had come up with several goals for Aven over the next 6 months to 1 year, including crawling, walking, pulling up to stand, stacking and sorting toys, and pointing. She said that Aven is at 50% of where she should be for gross motor skills, and about 75% for fine motor skills. This puts her in the section of kids with the most need, apparently. They said that babies catch up so quick with some work, though, and within 6 months to a year she should be doing all the things normal for her age. Yay! It was quite startling to hear that she is so far behind ... she's doing things that a 6 month old should be doing. Just in the last month or so has she started rolling over on purpose (and being able to roll back if she wants to). She can sit if you put her in the position, and can pull up from the floor to sitting or standing with help. For so long I didn't want to be concerned about it and reminded myself that babies all do things on their own schedule, but I'm glad that she's getting help and will hopefully be able to catch up.
When Grandma and Grandpa Halsey were here she got early birthday presents from them. She might need to grow a little bit for the wagon, but she loves it!
I can't believe she's 11 months old today and it's time to start getting things ready for her birthday party! I swear, she's not that old yet!
Oh I wanted to tell you too that I understand-to a much lesser degree- how the weight gain and everything can be frustrating. When we took J in for his 1 yr checkup, he weighed the same as he did in his 9 month checkup. The doctor acted like it was our fault and tried to scare us by saying if he hasn't gained by the next visit we'll have to do supplemental nutrition to get his weight up, etc etc. it was a little alarming but in reality I think he just has a really high metabolism and is very active. Like you, I feed him healthy so he's probably not getting enough fat in his diet. The butter thing is a good idea. I'm just gonna keep feeding the fatty foods I can find I gues
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