Brady & Bennett's Blog...Livin' Life as a Sherck: Doctor, Doctor - Give Bennett the News! (12 month check-up)

Hey,
It's me, Bennett. It happened - I am now ONE YEAR OLD. The big ONE. I go big & I go hard. Wow it has been a ride this past year and such a great time. I feel so lucky!

Digits at my 12 month doc check-up! Dr. MaryBeth wasn't available so we saw Dr. Fatima. I remember her from seeing her in the hospital when I was born and I don't think I like her (see anger in pictures)

Weight: 20.1 lbs. 25% (I look like I'm a giant but I'm really not. I'm thick & stocky compared to my brother)
Height: 5% (I'm a shorty)
Head: 90%

If you'd like to see my stats compared to my brother; feel free to look back at Brady's 12 month blog update - Brady's 12 month checkup link

Mad, Mad Mad. Do not like scales.

Nicknames: My brother calls me Benny. My Gma calls me Chunka. My Mom sometimes calls me Hubba. My Dad calls me Benny Boy. Mostly people just call me Bennett and that's the way I like it.
Talking: I can say "Mama", "Dada" & my Parents think that I've said "Hi" a few times now.
Walking situation: I'm walking around everything holding on to things, but not walking on my own. I can stand on my own for about 10 seconds and then go down to my knees to crawl as fast as lighting. I can climb stairs but I prefer not to because I get a little scared. I will climb 3 stairs, and then go back down because I'm scared of falling.
Eating: I'm a very picky eater. Some of my all time favorite foods are yogurt, mac & cheese, french fries, marshmallows, chicken nuggets, yogurt, yogurt &..um, yogurt. I'm not a very big meat & veggie eater so I have no clue why my Mom puts it on my plate for every meal. Duh, I'm not going to eat it.
Drinking: I have one bottle at night now but for the most part am drinking other drinks during the day out of a glass. I hate drinking out of a sippy cup, would much rather drink like a big guy. It's really annoying my parents that I don't like a sippy cup. I like my pacifier for naps & at nighttime in my crib.
Sleeping: I'm doing better. It only took about a year for me to sleep through the night & a lot of crying involved, but now I've been sleeping from about 8pm - 630am, short am nap & 2.5 hour afternoon nappers. I like my bed. I don't sleep anywhere but my bed. I have never except when I was very tiny (that my Parents remember), fallen asleep in the stroller, in my parents arms - I need a bed to fall asleep. If I'm tired and need to go to bed - you'll know because I'll just scream.
Toys: I dont' really like toys. I like playing with silverware, pots & pans, remotes, radios, cd players, dvd players, speakers, food in the frig...pretty much anything that I shouldn't be playing with.

I'm healthy and Dr. Fatima feels that I'm exactly where I should be. I'm a little lazy compared to Brady "Mr Prodigy", but I'm catching up, you just wait. I'll be able to body slam him in no time.
Later, BJS