I always hate the check ups that require needles, poor baby girl it breaks my heart when the needles make you cry. Unfortunately there's no other way to ensure she stays healthy. I always aim to have her monthly doctors appointments as close to the 26th as I can but I wasn't sure when I was going to have her birthday party (during the week or weekend) and I didn't want to ruin her birthday. So I made the appointment for the week after.
Before I get into the doctor's appointment I want to go over Malak's developments up to today. Malak is walking and reaching for whatever is in site. She started walking around 11 months and was making an effort to around 10 and a half. She currently has 9 teeth, 4 up top 4 on the bottom and a tooth coming in the back. Her first tooth appeared around 7 months in mid August. She dances, plays with toys, and sometimes brings me books to read to her. She says words like mama, baba, teta and jido (grandma and grandpa in Arabic). She calls my siblings by there names and is even calling me by my name. A few other words she says are apple, banana, happy birthday, baby, and others depending on what we practice during the day. She never fails to surprise me, I'm so proud of my baby girl.
Today at the doctor's she saw a little boy playing with a toy putting shapes in a ball, he was about 3 or 4 years old. When he put the right shape through the hole Malak would clap for him, it was the cutest thing ever. Malak weighs 20 pounds and 3 ounces as of today which isn't bad. The doctor told us babies should triple their birth weight at the one year check up, she told me she isn't worried since her weight is in the 20's so it's still good. Malak was born with a weight of 7 pounds and 7 ounces. She had 3 needles today one in each arm and one in her leg. It was harder on me to watch her, she stops crying a few minutes later.
Before I get into the doctor's appointment I want to go over Malak's developments up to today. Malak is walking and reaching for whatever is in site. She started walking around 11 months and was making an effort to around 10 and a half. She currently has 9 teeth, 4 up top 4 on the bottom and a tooth coming in the back. Her first tooth appeared around 7 months in mid August. She dances, plays with toys, and sometimes brings me books to read to her. She says words like mama, baba, teta and jido (grandma and grandpa in Arabic). She calls my siblings by there names and is even calling me by my name. A few other words she says are apple, banana, happy birthday, baby, and others depending on what we practice during the day. She never fails to surprise me, I'm so proud of my baby girl.
Today at the doctor's she saw a little boy playing with a toy putting shapes in a ball, he was about 3 or 4 years old. When he put the right shape through the hole Malak would clap for him, it was the cutest thing ever. Malak weighs 20 pounds and 3 ounces as of today which isn't bad. The doctor told us babies should triple their birth weight at the one year check up, she told me she isn't worried since her weight is in the 20's so it's still good. Malak was born with a weight of 7 pounds and 7 ounces. She had 3 needles today one in each arm and one in her leg. It was harder on me to watch her, she stops crying a few minutes later.
What an amazing year it has been baby girl! I love you more than anything!
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