Lucky for baby Chloe, no shots needed on her nine month visit. Unluckily for mommy, we had to weigh baby Chloe twice to make sure the weight reading we got was correct. For whatever reason, it seems that baby Chloe’s length and weight are EXACTLY the same as when she last visited the pediatrician during her six month visit. (pause) Yes, she’s no bigger and no smaller than what she was three months ago. Now the rationale part of me says “she’s fine, she’s petite, she’s doing her own thing” and then the irrational part of me says “what the heck?!?! she should have at least gained a few ounces if not a pound since three months ago, what’s going on?!??!”

The conversation I proceeded to have with the pediatrician was, looking back, somewhat funny, although in the moment, I was so anxious and panicked that I didn’t find it funny at all. I’ll let you be the judge:

Doc: So tell me what she eats other than milk.

Me: For breakfast, she has oatmeal and an egg yolk.  For lunch, she has some combination of veggies, like green beans or squash or carrots or sweet potato.  Recently we integrated some protein into that – chicken or fish – but it’s still mostly veggies.

Doc: Why only veggies?

Me: No reason, she was just eating a lot veggies from the beginning when we started introducing solid foods and just haven’t really changed it much.

Doc: So that’s like eating a salad for lunch. You eat a salad for lunch when you’re on a diet, right? Is the baby on a diet?

Me: No…

Doc: So mix it up! Make it a complex meal – one carb, one protein and one veggie at each meal. And if she’s still hungry after, give her some fruit or give fruit as a snack in between but three meals of carb/protein/veggie.

Me: (hangs head in shame, I’m a bad mommy) Okay…

So yeah… we are scheduled to go back to the doctor’s in four weeks to make sure Ms. Chloe puts on some weight between then and now. Enjoy it while you can baby Chloe! It’s not often when you’re told to eat up and put some weight on! =0)