Asher 12 mo. checkup

Owen is watching Kipper on netflix and Asher has crashed instantaneously in his crib after his appointment this morning, so I will grab the moment to record his stats.

Height: 30" (52%ile)
Weight: 22lb, 14.5oz (48%ile)
Head Circumference: 48cm (88%ile)
BMI: 18

Poor Asher had a time of it this morning.  He did GREAT until the very end.  He made it through the checkup, 3 shots, and a nose-to-bum x-ray without much of a fuss (2 of the three shots, he didn't even make a peep!).  Then after all of this he had blood drawn, and it seemed like they had to dig around in there for some blood, and when they stuck a giant gauze and tape over his arm at the end...that was it.  He'd been pushed too far, and was spitting mad!!  I've not ever seen him like that.  He wasn't so much crying in pain as coming up fighting...wow!  I tried to calm him in a variety of ways, but it finally took a full tummy of mommy-milk to get him to come back to earth. 

The little guy had to endure the x-ray because I told the doctor that about a week ago, I thought Asher had swallowed a staple (an average household staple, open, not folded).  I wasn't really worried about it as he'd been completely normal, etc. but I mentioned it just to see what the Dr. thought.  We both agreed it was probably not a big deal.  But we both also thought of the horror stories of something getting embedded somewhere and an abscess forming, or something like that.  Well, I would have passed on a x-ray, but the Dr. thought we should.  So little Asher got a dose of radiation because mommy was careless leaving the drawer open while holding Asher at the desk.

He's now taking some very deliberate steps on his own...3 or 4 at a time.  But he won't practice walking much because he just prefers to crawl FAST to get where he's going.  Cousin Lily just a few days younger likes to walk and up til recently hasn't cared for crawling.  Isn't it interesting how differently kids develop?  At this age, Owen was still army crawling and just figuring out how to crawl up off his belly, and didn't take first steps til 14 months.  Asher climbs like a monkey, Owen never did much climbing.  I see a crib tent in Asher's future :)  Asher has a few words...moo (boo), quack (dak), this (dis), Asher (Aaah-bah), and Owen (Ooo-beh).  And tons of jibber-jabber.  He is a SCREAMER!  Very loud baby.  He is demanding as heck in the high chair.  And he has become an incredibly picky eater.  My theory is that he is getting too much milk...still nurses 3 or 4x per day, and now drinks 10+ ounces of milk, too.  No room for food!

Owen would like some mommy time, so I'd better git!