9 month checkup

we took greta to see dr. bird for her 9 month checkup today. today greta made it known that she does not like to go the doctor at naptime, she really does not like sitting on the scale, she sort of hates laying down on the crinkly paper, she especially dislikes when dr. bird examines her, and she has particular disgust for receiving shots.
althought there were tears, we all survived. greta weighs 21 pounds (just above 75th percentile) and is 28.25 inches long (just under 75th percentile). greta's weigh only increased by 2 pounds since her 6 month checkup, and has been hovering around 21 pounds for the last couple months. we asked dr. bird about this and he asked if greta had started crawling yet. um, yeah. crawling, cruising, standing.... he said that when babies become more mobile, they generally don't gain much weight because they are expending so much energy. and judging by the way greta moves around, we are lucky she gained at all!
greta has not shown any symptoms of her dairy allergy in 5 months, so we asked dr. bird about introducing that food group. (main motivation being her birthday cake in a few months!!) he said we should wait til she turns a year and then we can discuss it. darn....looks like it might be a yummy vegan cake for greta. hopefully people will still come to the party!
so our girl is happy and healthy and well.....what more could we ask for.