Will someone please tell me why they do not have any child toys to play with once you are put back in the examining room?
Because after all, Mommy’s purse is just not going to suffice as a fun toy.
Okay, so maybe the clipboard thingy will?!
Nope, then how about the Family Circle magazine?!!
Maybe if I push it on the floor like a truck?!
Well, what if I scrunch it up and pretend it’s a ball?!
I give up!
Just get in here and give me those darn shots and let's be done with this already!
Colton's 15 month check-up
Appointment on: 9/6/2011
Age: 15 months and 3 days old (on date of blog entry)
Weight: 27 lbs. 2 oz. (75th percentile)
Length: 30 inches (10th – 25th percentile)
Head Circumference: 48 cm {19 inches} (75th percentile)
Diaper: Size 5 –Pampers brand – Cruisers (during the day) and Pampers Extra Protection Size 5 (at bedtime)
Clothing: Wearing sizes 18-months and 24-months/2-T depending on the brand/type of outfit. He still comfortably fits into size 12-month onesies, go figure?
Shoe: Size 4 ½ to 5 (based on mommy's guess-timation). Taking him to be professionally fitted for walking shoes this weekend.
Liquids: Skim milk for this babe. Whole milk made him throw up every single time he drank it. He will still only take milk from a bottle. He loves juice (diluted white grape, apple, pear) and he'll drink it from a sippy cup. Try putting the milk in a sippy cup and he refuses to drink it...go figure?! LOL!
Amount: He takes 24 oz. of milk per day and approx. 6 oz. of juice.
Solid Food: He's gotten much better dealing with texture. He definitely loves pasta - - and having a mommy who's Italian, that's pretty much a given! Ravioli, spaghetti-o's, beefaroni (I know, I know, it makes his Mimi [mommy's mom] cringe). He still loves pancakes and his new found favorite is french toast sticks. He likes plain ole' buttered toast even and he'll eat scrambled eggs and grits too. He's not too keen on meat yet, but we're still trying. He's a fruit kid...clementines, peaches, bananas - - Mmmmmm! He's more particular about his veggies. He likes green beans and peas, but isn't too thrilled with carrots or corn. Of course, he loves his fruit puff snacks and another favorite...pudding (especially if some of it drops on the highchair tray and he can finger paint "color" with it!)
Sleeping Habits: On a usual night, he goes down about 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. He was getting up in the middle of the night and taking a bottle, but we've cut that out totally. Now if he wakes up, we just pat him or comfort him back to sleep (i.e., pop the pacifier back in his mouth that inevitably has fallen out). He gets up around 6:30 a.m. on most weekdays and if I am really lucky, he will sleep until 8:00 a.m. on the weekend, but there is no guarantee, nor consistency in that. At daycare he's taking one 2 to 2 ½ hour nap per day and he is on a napper with attached blanket on the floor instead of in a crib. I was afraid he wasn't going to adjust to that too well, but the daycare staff said he's handled the transition just great.
What He's Doing/How He's Progessing: Well, he took his first steps this past weekend. YIPPEEEE!!! He still isn't quite sure about the walking thing all the time yet, but he's definitely on his way. He is still an explorer...he explores everything!!! Cabinets, drawers, under tables, under chairs. You name it and he wants to explore it. In go the outlet protectors and closed are the bathroom doors with tempting toilet seat lids covers! He has just started to enjoy puzzles...the big wooden pieces taste really good too! We have also discovered that this kid has a great throwing arm...seriously. He can take a ball and throw it overhand like a pro! He also is very adept at manipulating the Leap Frog alphabet refrigerator magnet toy as well. But his favorite part of that toy is taking the alphabet magnets and strewing them all over the kitchen floor. He still enjoys looking at books and turning the pages when you read to him. Music makes him very, very happy and he's totally into Sesame Street. Just a glimpse of Elmo and he breaks out into a huge smile. His babbling has gotten much more "conversation-like" albeit with himself...LOL! He has also figured out how to say, "R.J." and he KNOWS that's his big brother's name for sure. This sweet faced little boy has also got a wee bit of a temper which we are having to cull. He's slowly, but surely figuring out what mommy, daddy and big brother will and will not tolerate as far as his behavior goes. Right now he is drawn more to mommy...her legs, her arms, just climbing on and being held by mommy in general. He's still a smiley britches. He's got the most addictive and adorable smile. Which is great because it shows off the 12 teeth he already has!!!!! He's still bathing in the big kitchen sink because the vastness of the bathtub frightens him, yet he loves a swimming pool...still cannot figure this one out - - LOL!
Vaccines He's Received To Date: Hepatatis B, DTaP (Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis), Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae Type b), IPV (Polio), Prevnar/PCV 13 (Pneumococcal Conjugate), RotaTeq (Rotavirus), Flu, Varivax (chiken pox), and MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella).
If you want to read about, contrast/compare Colton's 12 month stats, click here.
