9 month well baby appt

The girls had their 9 month well baby exam today. They passed with flying colors. I just can't believe how big they have gotten. Here are their stats when they were born

Addison- 5lbs, 16.5inches long (below the percentile chart)
Samantha- 6lbs, 19 inches long (25th percentile)

Today:

Addison- 20lbs 1oz and 27.25 inches tall (95th percentile)
Samantha- 18lbs 13.5oz and 27.5 inches tall (75th percentile)

We asked our doctor all kinds of questions. When should we introduce eggs? Closer to a year, she said. How about yogurt and cheese? We gave the girls Yo Baby yogurt twice now and Samantha gets these red blotches around her mouth. The Dr. told us to try soy products for now. We could just give them both soy to make it easier. I also asked about introducing regular milk. I know they need breastmilk up to a year but since our next appt isn't until the girls are a year old, I wanted to ask now so we can be prepared. I was kind of shocked when she said we could start transitioning to regular milk around 10mths. Although, we need to do soy because of Samantha. She just suggested we start with an ounce of soy milk mixed with 7ounces of breastmilk and then slowly increase the soy milk till their entire sippie is just soy. We will then attempt to switch to regular milk around 15 months.

I am SO excited to start transitioning because I'm tired of pumping all the time and the more soy milk they get, the less I have to pump.

Also, no shots. We skipped them this time. We are taking shots slowly. No need to hurry through them since the girls aren't in daycare.

Here are a few pictures of them today after their appt. Don't they look so sweet and innocent? LOL




I also wanted to add that Samantha now has 5 teeth and Addison still has 3. They are both loving paddy cake and Samantha claps her hands a lot. It's cute because she tends to hold one hand steady and slaps with the other one.

Samantha is babbling a lot and says sounds like "da da" "ma ma" "ba ba" and "Bob" <-- not sure who Bob is and where he came from but it seems to be a term of endearment for her. So if you're around her and she yells out Bob, take it as a compliment (we do!)

Addison loves to sing and does it often throughout the day.