9 Month Appointment

 I took Grace to her 9 month appointment today. She did great J Dr. Sackett says she’s small, but healthy! In the last 3 months she has gained two pounds and has grown two inches. This puts her in the 15^th percentile for weight and the 10^th percentile in height. The nurse commented on her long, beautiful eyelashes at least three times. While he was checking her eyes, ears, heart...etc, she just laid there and stared at him as if to say "what in the world are you doing, mister?!", but she stayed still so that we were only there for a short amount of time. He also mentioned that it seems like we might have an early walker on our hands...only time will tell!
She did get one immunization and a thumb poke, but only fussed for a second. I think that is harder on the parent than it is on the child. As the nurse put a normal sized band-aid on her thumb she said to me "now mom, you're going to have to try to keep this on her, at least for a few minutes anyways". The second she let go of Grace's hand, the thumb, band-aid and all, went straight into the mouth. Not surprising. Needless to say, keeping it out of her mouth long enough to get her dressed, checked out, and into the car was a bit of a challenge.
So after the appointment, we drove back to the babysitter's house. I got there, got her out of her carseat and got halfway up to the house when I realized that the band-aid was no longer on her finger! I immediately checked her mouth by sticking my finger in. The last thing I wanted was to have her choke on a band-aid! The babysitter opened the door and asked what was going on? ha! I ended up finding the band-aid in her carseat. whew. Can't say that I blame her for wanting to get that thing off!