Well Baby Check!

Zoe is now 9 months and went to see the doctor for her Well Baby Check (WBC) on 8-9-10. (That was a fun day, wasn't it?) We received her report on 8-12-10 and it looks like she is doing great! Here are her stats:

She's still holding down the 10th percentile at a big 17.4 pounds (7.9 kg).
Her height is 69 cm (27.16 inches) which is also the 10th percentile.
She has 2 teeth on the bottom.
The doctor noted that she was "cute and fine". I always love this.
I thought it was funny that the doctor noted "small vesicle on sole of foot; most likely an insect bite" (boy do they go over these babies with a fine-toothed comb!)

Development:

Gross Motor: Zoe rolls over, creeps and crawls, sits with good balance, sits up alone with back straight, pulls up into standing position and walks holding on to furniture.

Fine Motor: Zoe reaches out to grasp large object, transfers object from hand to hand, rakes at raisin (hahaha), picks up raisin with index finger and thumb in a pincher movement.

Personal and Social: Zoe prefers her caregiver, responds to the sound of her name (Eun-ha), plays peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake, waves bye-bye and would not play ball with the examiner (ha!).

Language: Zoe says single-syllables and says "umma" (mama in Korean) and imitates speech sound and babbles.

Zoe is at a 9 month developmental level and is now 9 months! We are so thankful to God that He's provided her with EXCELLENT medical care (comparable to the US; maybe even better) and that He's helped our little (premature) peanut catch up. Zoe was born at 30 weeks (10 weeks early) and spent a month in the NICU with premature-related issues. Now our daughter is growing and developing right on target!

We'll be there soon, baby girl! Soon!

~paula