milk update

What happens when I ask Papa to see if he can get X to drink some milk while I clean up her room.

15

More Seattle posts to come, plus an attempt at a 10 on 10 (I tried to jump back on the wagon)

but a quick update--

X is 15 months old! She had her well-check yesterday, and is doing swimmingly.

Her stats:

30.5 inches (45th %)

17 lbs, 12 oz (under)

head: 18 (50th %)

Yep, she's gained half a pound in 3 months.

We've got one skinny little girl. But the doctor is still not concerned at all, and says there's no need for us to be (yet?)

She's grown a lot taller, and her head is definitely getting bigger, (she's so top heavy!) and she's obviously developing just fine. She is just way under the spectrum--(can percentages be negative? She's probably about the negative 50th percentile for weight. I guess that would mean that 100% of kids her age, and 50% of kids 3-6 months younger than her weigh more than her?)

Any tried and true remedies for baby-fattening?

We also are trying to get her to drink more milk. We introduced cow's milk when she turned 1 but she just doesn't drink much of it. I asked her ped. and he said for her size, 16-18 oz a day is the goal. Yikes. Yesterday I probably got her to drink 6 or so? And that's the most I've ever been able to get into her in a day. Today she's refused it most of the time, I think we're at 2 ounces total and it's bedtime. Any secrets? We've tried warm, cold, bottle (but we don't use bottles anymore), sippy cup, cup, straw, etc. She seems to be the most inclined to drink it when it's got ice in it. (I seem to recall that's how I drank my milk when I was little. And in college).

Anyway. We'll return to the regular scheduled blogging shortly, I just wanted to stick this out there to fish for ideas that I can steal. Thanks for sharing! :)