The Weatherby's World: I'm 1 Year Old!!

Last Thursday, our sweet baby hit the 1-year mark. It's been an amazing year filled with highs and lows, but it's been such a treat to watch her grow and change over the past year. We started the year with a myriad of medical issues (weight loss, jaundice, severe reflux, and a pesky intolerance for milk), so it feels like a huge accomplishment that we all managed to make it through this first year! I am very excited about what the next year will bring!

We had Kendall's official one year appointment at the doctor's office yesterday and he had high praise for her growth and development. Here are her official stats:

Weight: 23 pounds, 3 ounces (84th percentile)

Height: 31.5 inches (99th percentile)

Head: 18 inches (71st percentile)

I could tell that she's gone through a major growth spurt lately as I did laundry the other night and clothes that fit her a week ago look like they shrunk in the dryer. Her feet have also caught up as she's now wearing size 4 shoes. Her 6-9 month shoes fit her on Christmas Eve.

As you can see from the above picture, we are ending her first year with additional trips to the doctor for her new fancy helmet. Although her Torticollis has gotten better, her head was still a bit misshapen, and the helmet should help to round things out ver the next 3-4 months. She was just in the range that a helmet was recommended, and she would have been fine without one, but we went ahead and decided to do it. She's tolerated it very well, and spends 23 hours a day in it. I think the only downside to it is how stinky her head gets!

At one year, Kendall has also developed quite the personality. She has no problems letting you know if she's unhappy about something, but it's usually pretty easy to figure out what that is. Most of the time she's a happy little girl who is looking to do anything that will get a laugh. She LOVES her stuffed animals, and usually has one in hand at all times, but is also pretty stoked about the new toys that she received at Christmas and on her birthday. I think the baby toys were boring her.

We did get the green light to start trying milk products, so we'll be slowing starting to move her to milk. She has had dairy at times (mac and cheese is a favorite), and it hasn't seemed to bother her, so hopefully the milk intolerance is behind us. She's still a good eater, willing to try most things, and surprising us with just how much she can eat at one sitting if she's noshing on something that she really likes. Fruit usually keeps her in the high chair for quite a while.

I don't have any pictures of her on her actual birthday, but have quite a few from her birthday party that I'll include in another post. Here's a cute picture of her enjoying her new chair the morning after her birthday: