Funny Things Jilly Says

Jillian says some pretty funny things. Here are a few I remember.

She calls Darth Vader-Darth Mater (I think she's confusing Mater from Cars with the Star Wars character).

When something is pretty it is gutiful (gorgeous/beautiful) or cuteable (cute/adorable).

When I try to get Chloe to say "Mama" or "Dada" Jilly chimes in and says, "Say Jillian!"

When she tries to spell Chloe's name it goes like this, "E...L...O...P...H...I." When she spells her name it goes like this, "H...I...L...P...H...I." The letters aren't always in this order but there is always a p and an h in anything she spells.

She's always saying something funny. I usually forget before I write it down.

Chloe is 9 months!

I took Chloe into the doctor for her 9 month well check on Tuesday. Here are her stats:

25.55 inches which is in the 3rd percentile for length

16 lbs 2.5 oz which is in the 8th percentile for weight

42.5 cm which is in the 11th percentile for head circumference

Don't let those small percentiles fool you. Chloe is doing fabulous. I think you'll remember that she was very small at her last check-up (hm...I just looked and I never posted her stats and I'm too lazy to go look them up but trust me she was small. Less than 0 percentile for weight and I think 3rd percentile for height).

Chloe has gained 4+lbs in just 8 weeks. That is amazing! The doctor was really pleased with her progress. She's going to continue on the feeding tube and we will continue to go in for weekly weigh-ins.

Sean and I were commenting on how small Chloe's head looks compared to her body but apparently we are crazy because her head is the biggest part of her proportionally! I think it's because she's wearing the helmet all the time and when we take it off her head looks small without it! The orthotic specialist adjusted her helmet this week as well and she's gained 15mm in head circumference in just 6 weeks. Apparently that is a huge amount of growth in a short period. Her head is rounding out nicely, there are still some spots we want to fill out so we continue on with helmet wearing.

I also had the doctor test Jillian for celiac disease while we were there. Her results came back normal however, Sean's GI doc told us that kids come back with false negative results a lot. We are doing a mostly gluten-free diet for me, Chloe, and Jillian (and a completely gluten-free diet for Sean) so I wanted to get her tested before we cut gluten from our diet. We are supposed to get Chloe retested at her birthday and then both girls every three years if results continue to come back negative.

Paging Dr. Jillian

This has been Jillian's favorite game ever since she got her blood drawn on Tuesday.

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