About a month ago we had Brooke's 15 month appointment. I was not looking forward to this appointment because #1 she was getting more shots and those just melt my heart, but #2 At Brooke's 12 month appointment she was pretty low on the charts for her weight and as I was seeing she had not gained much weight since then. She was also going through a VERY picky stage with food. She was hardly eating ANYTHING that was solid and it was very much stressing me out and making me feel like I was failing as a mother. NOT FUN! She ended up being 19lbs. 4oz. 4% and 31 1/4inches 48%! Yep she is small! I promise I feed her! She is a very picky kiddo. I have talked to 2 different Doctors about her weight and eating habits. I even lost it and was bawling at the second Doctors appointment because I was so worried about her. The doctor was super sweet, sat down with me, watched her run around in her diaper and concluded that she is a very smart, active, PICKY CHILD! She is doing much better these days with her eating. She does have 4 I teeth that still need to come in and I think that has something to do with it, I have also modified our eating arrangements and her fluid intake. It is getting better. She is also now on 3 Pediasure's a day to help her gain weight and get the nutrition she needs. Anyway, she is healthy and strong and smart and SMALL! But we love her BIG time!
On to more pictures! Enjoy!
Daddy is SO proud of his little girl! So am I! I think this comes more from Kipper's genes tho :)
This one needs no explanation....
She LOVES glasses but happens to break them easily too :(
Brooke LOVES this Blanket!!!! It is her favorite blanket but will take her Pink one if the Purple is in the washer. She has started sucking on the corners to calm and soothe herself now that she no longer has a binki. She calls them her "Giki"'s SO CUTE!!!! SO here is her with her beloved Giki!
Brooke and her Echo! I think this is such a cute picture!
Grammy was in town for the weekend a few weeks ago. I had a photo shoot in the morning and my mom was to watch Brooke for me. I needed to test my lighting so I had them pose for me and this was my FAVORITE lighting shot I go! LOVE IT!
Brooke is quite the active little one! She loves to jump and bounce and fly! She jumps off our couch onto her little homemade love sack we make with all our pillows. SO funny!
I suppose she has learned what keys are for :) Just learning from watching, I did not teach this :)
Another cute one! Proud of this!
2 things Brooke is TOTALLY in love with in 1 thing! Elmo who she calls "Yaya" and Balloons! She adores both so when we found this Balloon at the dollar store she would literally NOT let it go! She ate her entire dinner with her balloon in her other hand. SO CUTE!
Brooke also LOVES to read books! So we let her read in the car and she LOVES IT! This day Brooke had a ton of fun playing with Grandma Robinson and crashed in the car almost immediately!
Brooke has been trying to do rolls, I have been helping her complete them from this point. She cracks me up. We will be getting her in a tumbling class soon hopefully!
This picture says it all!!! I LOVE how much Kipper LOVES this little girl!
And there you have it for now! I will be better at these posts! I promise :) Well, I hope so :)
The saddest part of taking the time to Blog lately is that I feel like nobody reads my blog anymore. I hardly get any comments anymore and I don't know if I am just waisting my time by putting these things up. I do do it for myself and my journal keeping so that is what is keeping me going. I just pray I will take the time at some point to put all of these posts into a book.
Hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving!
13 comments:
I read your blog!! :) Keep posting stuff. Brooke is too cute.
she is so cute! i had a blast watching her the other day!
I read too! I love all the pictures. Welcome back!
your little Brooke is just so darling! AND, don't worry about her not eating. You are an AMAZING Mom! My girls have gone through those stages. Gracie would ALWAYS drink stuff, instead of eating. Have you tried "Danimals" it's liquid yogurt? Gracie doesn't eat those all the time, but she'll down them on occassion. Also, if you freeze the "Gogurt" it's like a Popsicle. Not sure if that's Brooke's thing - but I'm always looking for ideas!
Those pictures are awesome, too! Miss you tons!
Hey Janel and Dacia's kids don't even make the charts, so your doing good and your little Brooke will be good too! It's stressful though. Cute pics! I love the pic. where Kip is bowing down to his little princess. So cute!
I know how you feel missy! i never get comments on my posts, but it keeps me organized for when i do my books. :) love when you update your blog! :)
I read every post, I just do it from Google Reader and so I hardly make comments anymore, people hardly comment on mine as well and it is disappointing (I have become a terrible blogger, though, I plan on stepping it up once I am home, my house is finished being remodeled and I adapt to being a new Mom, I just feel very overwhelmed with everything in life right now, so just reading everyone's blog posts makes me happy and so keep writing, I love reading them, I will try and comment more! Love ya, Em
Even in pajamas she still wears a bow in her hair. Love it!
oh my gosh she is the cutest little girl! you are such an amazing photographer! i just loved all the pictures you took. if i had the money i would totally fly you out here to take our family pictures. she just looks like such a fun, bright, energetic little girl. i love it!
girl Im still a reader. I comment. I am glad brooke is getting some pedisure to help with some calories. I like the picture with her and echo too. Its cute. Youre cute too...dont you worry.
I read your blog! Brooke really is the cutest thing...everytime I see her it makes me smile! Can't imagine what life would be like with a picky eater :>)
I too was going to give you crap for the bow with the jammies.... Seriously?!! Love you sis! Brooke looks so grown up in these. Like the one of her with the glasses and her jumping from the couch! I love her silly spirit and her cute little face!
i ready every single post of yours! i'll try harder to comment. I seriously LOVED living with you and being running buddies and going to school with you so reading your blog makes me feel close again :) brooke is so cute, i love the elmo balloon picture! and i can think of two good "healthy fattening meals" (my friend adopted a baby from russia and was only like 13 lbs at age 1...her pedi. told her to mix a little extra virgin olive oil in her baby food-im pretty sure brooke doens't eat that but maybe you can hide it in casseroles, speghetti etc. also "full fat greek yogurt" is really fattening...she'd probably love it?
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