One Year Checkup and Stats

Elijah had his one year checkup on May 30th, but things have been a little crazy around here and I’m just now getting to posting the details. I (Missy) took him by myself since the appointment was a little later in the morning than what we usually have, but everything went fine and Elijah was in a pretty good mood (until the shots).

Eli had lost some weight from being sick (the ear infection from his birthday was already cleared up), so the official one year weight of 21 pounds and 9 ounces is lower than he had been, but the doctor was not concerned at all. Eli stayed in the 25th percentile for weight range that he’s been in pretty much since birth (he dropped to between the 5th and 10th when the breastfeeding wasn’t working out, but then rebounded right back after that).

As far as height, he remained in the 90-95th percentile as well, coming in at 31 and ¼ inches. That’s pretty tall for a one year old - and exactly the same height that his daddy was at one year old!

Developmentally the doctor said Eli was right on track, so that was good. And his “big head” from previous checkups remained big, but was not growing at an accelerated pace, so that’s no longer any concern. Eli handled his three shots pretty well, though I might be calling the doctor since one of the injection sites has now, 2 weeks later, developed a raised rash around it. We read that that was normal, but I want to be sure.

All in all Elijah is still growing well, and shaping up to be a long and lean baby like his Dad. :)