For all Mia’s Grandma’s out there that I know are wondering about her health here is a quick update.  We visited Dr. Tomkoria yesterday for her 12 month check up.  I’d like to give a little shout-out to her doctor who has been really wonderful from the first meeting before Mia was even born (yes, I interviewed her first!)  She is very gentle, takes all the time in the world to answer my worried-mom questions (of which I’m sure she hears a thousand times a day) and is patient with trying to listen to a chattering, squirmy one-year-old’s heartbeat. 

Mia is doing really fantastic in her development ~ exactly where she should be if not a little ahead of the curve in terms of walking, climbing, waving, talking etc.  As the doctor was asking me these questions our naked Mia was maneuvering a stool over to the cupboards and trying to scale up to the counter top.  Of course she also ate a handful of the paper sheet covering the exam bench so I tried to explain that we don’t normally feed her fiber this way.

Physically Mia is tracking at average height – she’s just under 30 inches now.  Her weight is low at 17.3 pounds, probably because a) Mama Nika is “no bigger than a minute” as Nana would say and b) she is so active now that she is walking and likely burning calories much faster.  This is NOT a big concern as Mia is a great eater and is very healthy in all regards, but the doctor has asked us to up her calorie intake.  So for the next few months we’ll be feeding her pats of butter deep-fried in lard, followed by ice-cream sprinkled with bacon bits.  (Mom, I can hear you gasping all the way from Bend!)

Seriously, as we were leaving the docs office we rode down the elevator with a young girl that was obviously very mentally and physically disabled.  While I’m sure her family loves her just as much as we love Mia, I am so incredibly thankful that we have such a sunny beautiful bright little girl.

~ Mama J.

Addendum: Unfortunately because Mia received three vaccinations yesterday, and possibly because she was already fighting off the same bug that Mama B has, our little one is home sick today with congestion.  Her spirit seems good but we won’t be going to Seattle as planned this weekend.  Send her and Mama B wishes to get well soon, and to me NOT to get sick at all, please!