The car and the pediatrician

THE PEDIATRICIAN

Matthew had his 18 month appointment last Wednesday.

I absolutely LOVE his new pediatrician!! 

She was so nice, answered ALL my questions, and 

checked every concern I had.

Back in May when the new pediatrician took over at

the office I work at she told me that Matthew

did NOT need whole milk. (At the time he was

only 10 months old)

I thought that was really weird because I wanted

to know where he would be getting his calcium and vitamin D.

She just told me that he didn't need it. 

Weird: 

I tried giving it to him anyway but he just wouldn't 

drink it. So I tried other things like pediasure and

he likes that but the bottles say 2 years and up.

Well, it turns out that the American Academy of Pediatrics

recommends whole milk until 12 months of age and

as long as they are growing normal to switch them to 

a lower percent until age 2. 

So Matthew is 18 months and basically since about

10 months of age he has not had milk.

So the result of this?

He's underweight!!!!

Not dangerously or anything like that but these are his stats:

Weight: 23.6lbs he's in the 10-25%

Height: 32 inches 25-50%

So he's tall and skinny.

So the plan now is to get him to drink whole milk

and pediasure to help him gain weight!!

I'm not going to lie, I am a little upset that my baby

is underweight because of WRONG information

given to me by someone I trusted. 

Hence, the reason I am now seeing a different pediatrician.

All in all, I am super happy with the new pediatrician and

am glad I switched.

THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so we have been talking about needing to get a bigger

vehicle. My little Mazda 3 just wasn't cutting it for our family.

It was great when it was just me and Berto but when

we added Matty to our family the Mazda just does NOT

have the room. I had to sit with my knees in the dashboard 

just so Matty had leg room. HORRIBLE!

So with that,

We went to Earnhardt's because Berto had

been looking at a certain Dodge Durango for 

almost 2 weeks online. We had no expectations that we

would qualify for the car but we DID!!!!

So we are now the proud owners of

a 2004 Dodge Durango!!!!

I am in LOVE! It has leather seats, a DVD player, and TONS

of room!! 

I could not be happier! The DVD player is a huge bonus 

because Matthew no longer hates the car! 

I love being able to see past all the big cars (since I am a big car)

I am so grateful!!

Okay so I am super weird and ifyou know my family at

all you know that we name our cars.

We were originally going for the entire cast of 

That 70's show. We almost had everyone.

My Mazda was Fez....

Well I need a name for my Durango. My sister

mentioned the name Carlton (haha)

but I really want to name it Chandler (YES i love Friends)

So I think my new car's name is Chandler! (Haha)

(Don't judge my weirdness)

Here's my new baby!!