18 Month Check-Up

Carly had her 18 month check-up this afternoon. She weighed in at 26 lbs and 7 oz (75th percentile), measured 32.5 inches long (50 - 75th percentile), and with a 19.25 inch head (90 - 97th percentile). The doctor was thrilled with her first three teeth and her ability to gum so many different foods. (She is currently eating most fruits, peas, chicken, meatballs, deli meat, cheese, yogurt, applesauce, hot dogs, pretzels, and other various snack foods.)

During her visit we also discussed how Carly understands most of what we say to her, is starting to verbalize various nouns (dadda, doggy, puppy, uh-oh, ball, no-no) and says the phrase, "I did it" quite regularly. He also commented about how happy Carly was as she was prancing around the room in her diaper showing off her ability to unzip the diaper bag and get out what she wants and walking up to him smiling.

Carly's visit did end with 3 shots and a cry for "momma." She seemed to anticipate to shots when the nursed re-entered the room and had her lie down. She began to tense up and after the three shots, she screamed out "momma" while the nurse was working to get the two band-aids on her little chunky thighs. While it was great to hear her say my name, I hate that it only comes in times of desperation... One day that will all change (right?).