Results for Abby's blood tests came back on Wednesday and everything is completely normal - nothing physically wrong contributing to her lack of weight and length gain - but they did find out she is very slightly anemic due to iron deficiency. So, she is taking a small amount of iron supplements and will be retested in 3 months.

Here is a good summary of iron-deficient anemia: http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/ida.html

Slight anemia is fairly common in infants and easily corrected. Abby does not have any symptoms - such as fatigue and lack of focus - that would lead us to be concerned. Once her diet can include more meat and poultry, this should no longer be a problem. In the meantime, she will take her supplements and we will try to make sure she eats iron-rich foods such as spinach and sweet potatoes on a more regular basis.

We are scheduling her 12-month well-baby checkup soon and we will be talking to the doctor about this in more detail.

The allergy blood test results are not back yet and it might be another week before we get them. Stay tuned....