Two New Teeth!

When we went to the doctor for her 9 month check-up, he told us that Sevyn would have her front teeth coming in very soon because her gums were swollen.

They have finally broken through. The first one came in on the 11th and her second one followed behind on the 19th.

Now she has two teeth on the top and two on the bottom. You can't really see the new ones too well because they just broke through, but she definitely likes to use them to chew up all the new foods she likes to eat.

Movin'

Sevyn is getting pretty darn steady on her feet. Here is just a quick example of what she is doing now (this was actually filmed Nov. 6th - 9 Months Old.)

Diaper Derby!

Sevyn competed in the diaper derby on Saturday at the Mavs game again. Here is the video of the contest. There is a ton of footage of her but in the end . . . . well you'll see!

9 Month Doctor's Appointment

Sevyn had her 9 month doctor appointment today, and she is napping now.

She is 17 lbs 3 oz. in the 25% percentile in weight (still.)

She is 27 3/4 in. long in the 75% percentile in height (still.)

She has a head circumference of 17 1/4 cm and is in the 50% percentile.

She had 4 shots and a blood draw. It was really suppose to be just two shots but since she hasn't had the flu vaccine or H1N1 vaccine then we went ahead and got the shots. They also did a blood draw. I have no idea why but they say at 9 months they do a panel of blood work.

Sevyn had a UTI the last two weeks, and apparently at her age that is pretty rare. So they have ordered a renal ultrasound in order to find out if she has vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). This is basically where they look to see if her urine is refluxing back into her kidneys. If this is happening then we will have to monitor her pretty closely for fevers because that could indicate additional UTI's. Most UTI's go undetected because they cause low-grade fevers. Because they can go undetected and if she has VUR then it could cause kidney damage and it would be permanent. So the goal is to see if she has this, if she does then we will put her on meds and monitor her closely until she grows out of it. If she doesn't then its all good. As our doc said it is better to know early than to find out late when there could be permanent, irreversible damage to her kidneys.

When they did the office culture today she still had white blood cells in her urine, they don't think it is another infection but are sending it out for culture again as well. Last time it didn't indicate infection in the office, but then later the cultural came back as positive for infection.

We of course expect everything to come out just fine for the sonogram, but it is just important to know one way or the other.

Keep ya posted.

Meanwhile, shot days always mean napping days!! Woo hoo.

Tif

P.S. Love my pediatricians office, they gave me three small cans of formula!!! Its about two weeks worth of formula. They're the best!

Happy Halloween!

Here are pics of Sevyn's first Halloween costume.

Updated pics of Mommy and Sevyn, and Daddy and Sevyn. I think Sevyn looks a lot like Jim more and more each day.

Champ made a special appearance at Trunkfest this year. Sevyn was happy to see him. She didn't spend much time in costume though because it was 75 degrees and her costume was fleece, thick and too hot.