My mom picked us up early from school and off we went to the dr. for Jakey's 18 mo. check-up. I was thrilled that we got picked up early...but had 100 questions as usual on the way to the dr. I thought that it was silly that a car in front of us had a wheel on the back...so I asked why that car had a wheel on the back. My mom delicately explained "spare" tires to me. We went to the drs..parked and walked in and my mom thought that this experience seemed so easy and nice. We had coats but since Jakey is walking there is no stoller..no infant seat..no bags. My mom was able to leave us in the waiting room playing with toys as she signed us in and paid...no worrying of either of us escaping or touching something that we shouldn't...boy oh boy was it nice! We have come a long way!:) All of the nurses couldn't believe how big we got. We used to go there a lot when I was a baby but now if either of us are sick we usually just go to the walk in clinic near our house. So, it's been a long time since we've been to our actual dr's office. Jake's check-up went very well. My mom was able to answer positively to all his development questions. We always say that Jake acts older than he really is....and we think that's because he watches me and learns from me. When I was 18 mo. old, I was still watching baby movies and Jake watches all the "learning" movies with me. His vocabulary is expanding by the day. As I told you before, he calls me SAS. He knows most of the kids names in his class. He knows yes and no..although he mostly says nooooooooooooooooo. Jake says uh-oh A LOT! He also knows cars, trucks and trains...and many more words. Our little boy is really growing up! Jake is the tallest in his classroom. In fact, Jake is moving up to the next classroom in a few weeks and he's the tallest kid in that classroom too! Anyway...back to the appointment...Jake checked out well. The dr. said that he has really big tonsils....um..DUH!...like we didn't know that! My mom moved up Jake's ENT appointment to the end of this month. We'll see what they say. Jake's stats were as follows: 29 lbs and 12 oz. (down about 1 lb...probably due to his lack of eating because of tonsilits)....weight 88th percentile, height = 34 and 1/4th in.....90th percentile. Head = 50 cm...94th percentile. Oh, and Jake got 3 shots. He cried but was quickly consoled with a juice box and Curious George fruit snacks:)
