Nothing too exciting to note about this appointment. Just the same old routine. Height, weight and head measurements were taken. The doctor and nurse asked questions to see if Matthew is meeting his age-appropriate milestones.
Matthew weighed in at 26lbs 10oz (77th percentile) and was 33.0 inches tall (92nd percentile). He really seemed to level off height-wise and gained just shy of 3 lbs since his 1 year appointment. He’s a big boy!
In comparison, Matthew weighed more at his 15 month appointment than Ian did at his 18 month appointment. In addition, Ian was an inch and a half longer at 15 months.
I asked the doctor about Matthew’s lack of speaking and they thought he sounds pretty normal (normal: 3 words plus “mama” and “dada”). I’m not so sure Matthew has 5 words in total but I’d say he has four: mama, dada, bites, bottle. He also does the sign for “all done” and will wave “bye-bye”. The doctor was more concerned with whether he’d follow simple instructions and whether he appeared to understand us. He does so they weren’t concerned.
(Of course, 2-3 days after I have this conversation with the pediatrician, the little turkey decides to add “all done” and “down” to his list of words. Wouldn’t you know he’d go and do that?)
After our visit with the pediatrician, Matthew received 3 vaccinations and a flu shot. Poor baby was sooooo upset by his shots. 🙁 His arms were sore for a day or two afterward too. 🙁
We go back in January for his 18 month appointment. Hopefully Matthew’s 18 month appointment goes better than Ian’s….it is at this point in the process that Ian realized the doctors office isn’t such a fun place to be and he’s thrown major fits ever since.
We took the boys shoe shopping Saturday afternoon. Matthew needed more fall/winter appropriate shoes and Ian’s toes were pretty much crammed in his sneakers.
We took Matthew to Stride Rite to get his first pair of good shoes. I initially was leaning towards getting him the plain white boot Ian had when he started walking. When we got there, we decided to get him a sneaker instead.
Here’s the shoe we got for him:
They’re very light-weight and washable! Matthew’s shoe is a size 5.5 WIDE!
Next we went down to Payless to get Ian some sneakers. Since he’s been growing so fast and doesn’t need a special size, it seemed silly to pay Stride Rite’s prices for his shoes.
Ian got a pair of sneakers similar to the ones he already has. Apparently he loves them a lot because he was soooo excited to get these:
Ian’s shoe is a size 11. By the way, that officially takes him out of “toddler” sizes and moves him into “youth”. Good grief, he’s got big feet!
After shoe shopping, we went home, had dinner, played for a bit before bedtime and Matthew and I took the time to take some pictures for my 52 weeks project.
Like this outtake? He was in the process of sticking his tongue out…a boy after my own photo-ruining heart. 🙂
Matthew snuggled up on me…little man didn’t get an afternoon nap and was feeling the pain.
I decorated for Halloween…what do you think? 🙂
Halloween decorations made possible with free supplies provided by:
–Ikea Goddess
–Lorie M Designs
–Scrap Hannah
–ABCDelf Design
–Sunshine Studio Scraps
-Adobe Photoshop CS3
-My own blood, sweat and tears. 😉