B had her 15 month appointment today.  She has fallen to “Less than 3%” in weight.  In other words, she’s fallen off the curve.  It’s so frustrating.  I am still nursing her morning and night.  In addition, I give her as much milk as she is willing to drink.  Five times a day, she gets as much solids as she will eat – bread, peanut butter, jam, cheese, turkey, and fruits and veggies.  I’m not sure what else to do.  What I don’t understand is how some babies can weigh literally twice as much as my little chubster at this age.  I mean, she’s 18 pounds.  What do other parents do that I’m not doing?  Our meals last an hour or more, so it’s not like I’m rushing her.  It’s possible that our nanny is not being as proactive, and I’ll talk to her, but I doubt that’s the problem.  I know I was a skinny kid, but there’s skinny, and there’s “less than 3%.”

Maybe I’ll just start feeding her straight ice cream, morning, noon and night.

In addition, Bri is neither walking nor standing voluntarily.  She can stand but chooses not to.  Whether she could take a step, I have no idea.  In any case, it’s not like I can dismiss the weight thing because she’s doing so well in all other areas.  The idea that being half-starved is slowing her development is horrifying to me.

She seems like a happy child, and she does not usually act hungry.  What the heck?

In other news, we got our Christmas tree this weekend.  We cut down a beautiful Norman fir at a local tree farm.  Everything went swimmingly until we got home and couldn’t get the darn thing to stand up straight.  It’s still super tippy and I can’t figure out why.  We’ve been getting trees for 7 or 8 years now, and we’ve never had any problem standing them up.  It’s always been effortless.  I’m not sure what’s different this year.