Two Years and Minus Two Ounces

Katherine had her two year check up this week. She was, as usual, quite the charmer and won over the hearts of all of the nurses and her doctor. That didn't seem to apply to the scale though.....wishful thinking on my part. We knew that she probably wouldn't break the 20lb mark, but did not expect it to be minus 2 ounces since her 20 month weight check. She's great on her height at 32 inches and her head circumference. All of her fine and large motor skills are right on target and she's quite the jabber jaws as far as talking goes.

As a precaution the doctor is running a few more test to make sure that she doesn't have a growth hormone issue or an issue where her body is just not absorbing the nutrients. Katherine was quite the little trooper as they took her blood from her arm just like they would an adult. She let out one little cry when they first poked here and then she was quiet. She held on tightly to one of the nurses hands the entire time. It didn't seem to phase her one bit. She was very proud of her flowery band-aid.

She, for the most part, is quite a good little eater. She's all about her meat and potatoes. No green veggies please (unless it's frozen peas (yes, she eats them frozen like her cousin Alexis), lettuce with lots of ranch dressing or coleslaw). Sure she has her days where she doesn't eat well, but nothing like what we went through with Elizabeth. We've even tried not to make a big deal about it because we certainly didn't make it any better by stressing us and Elizabeth out about eating.

We're also off to see a nutritionist for a calorie count and maybe a few more ideas for calorie boosting since she doesn't like peanut butter (crazy girl) next week. Then we'll go to the endocrinologist in March. I was glad to hear that the endocrinologist did not think that they needed to squeeze her in any sooner. I'm hoping that's a good sign.

We adore our doctor. It is a blessing that she is thorough and wants to make sure that there is no underlying problems even if it causes us a little worry. I would rather have it that way that miss something. It is more likely that the outcome will be that we just have yet another petite princess. Elizabeth was back on the normal growth carts by three so hopefully Katherine will follow close to her big sister's foot steps.