1 year well visit

Eli had his 1 year well visit on Thursday. He is doing very well and all checked out great! Here are his stats:

Weight: 25 lbs. 7 oz 90-95th %
Height: 31 1/2 in. 90th %
Head: 19 1/2 in. 90-95th %

We talked about turning his car seat around to forward facing and she said that there is no rush to turn him. She said he is safer reverse facing and as long as he is okay with it, to keep him that way. We also discussed his eating and she was happy that he was still nursing so well & eating much better. She said there is no rush to start milk, either, especially because Eric is sensitive to dairy. She said to start with whole milk cottage cheese and other cheeses instead. She said he must be getting plenty of fat through my milk since he is doing great!

According to the doc, he should be doing the following:

1. Feeding self (yep!)
2. Playing pat-a-cake (clapping is a daily practice for Eli!)
3. Immitating speech sounds (he immitates, or tries to, a lot of what we do, it's too cute!)
4. Working for toy (boy does he ever!!)
5. Dada, mama non-specific (sure does!)
6. Combines syllables (in his own baby fashion!)
7. Takes 2 objects (certainly!)
8. Bangs 2 objects (a lot!)
9. Pulls to stand (yes, but not a lot, but doing more & more!)
10. Thumb-finger grasp (definitely!)
11. Stands 2 seconds (hmm.....somtimes)
12. Gets to sitting (most definitely!)

He COULD be:

1. Comes when called (he will crawl to you if you call him but only if he isn't too preoccupied :)
2. Begins using spoon/fork (uses spoon very rarely, no fork yet)
3. 2-5 words (tricky one, he has said things that sound like words, but I wouldn't put in the baby book, such as "ka" for kitty cat)
4. Helps with dressing (he will raise his arms up when you say "arms up" but he really doesn't like to get dressed!)
5. 1 step commands (hmmm....if I say "get the ball" he looks at me and I repeat it a few times & point to it & then he will)
6. Immitates activities (YES-he will do thumbs up, hitting hand to mouth, clapping, milk& food sign, & many more)
7. Drinks from cup (sippy & straw cup great but too messy for open cup, but he can! He likes it when I let him drink out of my water bottle)
8. Plays ball (he hits around the ball with his hands and feet up and down the hallway)
9. Immature jargon (I guess I would consider all his babbling as this....he sounds like he is trying to tell us something!)

Have a great Labor Day weekend....I'll post again on Monday!