9 month checkup questions

[unclejesse]

What did you ask/talk with the pedi about? I am going to bring up dental hygiene and diet, but I'm drawing a blank on anything else.

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[laurack]

I asked him about
- poo in her vagina. I've been concerned about this even though I know really theres nothing I can do besides clean it out!
- her milk intake, what is too much food/too little milk.
- transitioning her from breast milk to cows milk
- what foods still shouldn't be introduced between now and 1 (he said honey, shellfish and nuts/peanut butter)
- MOTN feeds, I was just curious what his thoughts were as I still do one MOTN most of the time.

seems mine are all food related pretty much.

I didn't even think about asking anything about dental as she only has one tooth. I am wondering now if I should be brushing that one tooth though.

[devonpow]

Mine are mostly food related...how I should start decreasing formula (or do I follow his lead), how they suggest the transition to milk (cold turkey? Gradual?), how they recommend the transition off the bottle and to a sippy cup, what foods should I still be avoiding (my pedi is conservative on things like eggs and cutrus - I want the OK to give them, hopefully). What things to look out for developmentally the next few months...

Then a few specific questions to E...I'm a little concerned that he doesn't attempt the pincer grasp (although I am probably overreacting), he keeps gettng these weird bumps by his eyes, etc.

Henry actually has an appointment with his pediatric dentist next week and I am going to ask him about caring for E's teeth.

[Deleted]

In regards to dental hygiene, my pedi said ......

Good is brushing once a day.
Great is twice a day, anytime.
Best is twice a day, morning and before bed.

So he said its fine to do once a day and start the habit. I've been trying to remember to do twice but some days I still only do before bed. She has 4 teeth.

Everything else we discussed has been listed here.

[erniebufflo]

We asked about:
-switching from formula to milk
-Claire's gagging issues
-Claire not crawling
-Etta still taking a night bottle