Ian and his tiny little self.

So I guess it's time to update on Ian.  He will be 10 months on February 5, and we were nearly a month behind for his 9 month check-up.  Between his 9th and 10th month he has been sick about 3 times.  First a bad cold, then roseola, and now another cold.  During his trips to the doctor for roseola, the pediatrician ordered some blood tests to make sure that he did not have a bacterial infection.  He had been running a fever for 3 days, on the 4th day I took him in and they weren't sure what it was, so we drew blood.  Those blood results came back as "low blood count" which was to be expected since he was sick, but also "low platelet count" which the doctor said, "I'm not sure what that means." 

Not very reassuring, but she wanted to draw blood in another 2 weeks to see what the platelets did over that time.  The afternoon of that first doctor's appointment, Ian's fever finally broke and he broke out in a rash which was diagnosed the next day as roseola. 

Finally we had his "9 month" well visit on the 27th and he had lost 3 ounces since his roseola visit the week prior.  16lbs 9oz.  This was not good.  So the doctor decided that we were going to up his calorie intake to 30 calorie/oz formula.  He had been on "high-cal" formula that was 24 calories/oz previously.   Today, Monday the 30th we went and had blood drawn a second time to double check the platelets and also to check on some other growth related factors. 

I don't have the results yet.  Hopefully they will come in soon. 

I had the doctor check Isabel's growth chart (which frankly looked worse than Ian's does), and I think that relieved the doctor somewhat that this was probably just the way our kids grow. 

Nonetheless it's small-baby-growing-issues round 2 for us with Ian.

But small or not, he sure is cute.

So far behind I don't know where to begin!

So I'll just post some pictures :)

Isabel is doing well in school...she is reading and really proud of herself!  She lost her first tooth this month.  It's hard to  believe she will be 6 in April!

Ian had roseola last week.  It started with 3 days of fever and on the 4th day I took him to the doctor.  She ordered blood work, and once we got home his fever broke, and he broke out in a rash starting from his trunk and spreading out over the next day.  After a trip back to the doctor, she confirmed roseola and gave him an antibiotic for the beginning of an ear infection.  Poor guy.  He's really had a tough time with colds and sickness.  It's hard to believe that he is almost a year old!