Ava is 9 months old. And how this last month has flown by. At her 9 month check up, she weighed 15 lbs and was 25.5 inches long, which puts her in the <3rd percentile. Ava's personality is really starting to shine, she tells us when she is unhappy, which is hardly ever, and has really started to become vocal. She squeals and squeaks at Noah and he does the same back and then her face lights up. "ma-ma" is her first word, and has began to babble a lot more. Ava isn't crawling yet, or making any attempts, which is going to earn her an evaluation with the infant toddler program. When she is laying on the ground, she will scoot around on her back and can get quite far. She still strongly objects to being on her belly, which is making my attempts to help her learn to crawl difficult. We have been given the ok to introduce yogurt, and cottage cheese to her diet. She loves the yogurt, but has some issues with the texture of cottage cheese. It makes her gag every time.
Ava has had another busy month of dr appts. She had a couple weight checks, a video fluoroscopic swallow evaluation (VFSE), and we saw the pulmonologist, along with her 9 month check up. The VFSE showed a delayed swallow reflex, but whether that is because she didn't want to swallow the barium or because there is a true issue remains a question. We had a good visit with the pulmonologist. He decided that she does have mild asthma, which the inhaler does wonders for. He told us not to wean the inhalers for now and we will try another medication starting in May, so see if she does get good control with that. Her 9 month visit was very uneventful. At Ava's ear recheck this month, the dr drew blood and ran an allergy panel...no allergies. So hello soy and milk!! Yay! We see the GI dr later this month so I will update after that.
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