At G's 15 month well-check appointment, he was:
weight: 25 pounds 4 ounces (50%)
height: 32.5 inches (85%)
head circ: 48.7 cm (90%)
The numbers make it seem like my child has the approximate build of a lollipop.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Fifteen Month Letter
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Dear Gabriel,
You turned 15 months old yesterday. You are well over a year
old now.
Watching you develop is an amazing experience. Right now I
am sitting at the kitchen table watching you drink some milk, eat some fruit
and peanut butter crackers, and try to feed yourself macaroni and cheese. Those
noodles are slippery.
You are the type of kid who knows what he wants and when he
wants it. Sometimes you tell me you want food while you’re eating food. And I
am to understand that you mean the options before you are no longer acceptable.
So we try to find something else, which you also refuse, before you return to
the first thing and eat it happily. I’m not always sure of the point of those
little treasure hunts. Probably just telling me that you’re in charge.
You’re walking like a semi-pro now. You still stumble
occasionally, but you are right back on your feet. Crawling is no longer your
mode of choice. You’re gaining other motor skills, too. You’re great at taking
things out of containers and putting them back in. You’re starting to stack
things and then knock them over. And you love to ride your little car and push
your little cart. You are basically all over the place these days. Nothing is
safe.
You’re not talking yet. You use a few signs pretty
routinely: You can ask to be picked up, you can tell me you’re hungry, you can
tell me no/stop it/I don’t want that, you can signal that you’re done eating
and want to get down, and you sometimes use the sign for more. You point at
things and can generally get your message across through some combination of
gestures and sounds, but it will be really nice as we add more words or signs
to your vocabulary.
You still love music. You don’t pay a whole lot of attention
to the television when it’s on unless you hear a song. I often turn on Mickey
Mouse Clubhouse while we get ready in the morning, and you light up when they
start the hotdog dance. Sometimes when you get fussy in the car, I turn on a
kids’ music CD. That usually calms you down quickly. I suppose your love of
music was inevitable, but it still makes me and your daddy happy.
We found out a couple of weeks ago that you break out in
hives when given amoxicillin. And we were giving you amoxicillin because when
you get mosquito bites, they get big blisters on them. And then they pop. And
some of them get infected. So now your legs are covered in scabs.
But even scabby legs don’t change how wonderful you are. You
are the main thing that keeps me going, baby boy. Your beautiful smile and
joyous laughter are the fuel I function on. So keep smiling and laughing, my
love.
I love you,
mama
Monday, September 3, 2012
Freckles and Moles
Gabriel has sprouted a brand new freckle/mole. It is a strange thing to know for certain that there was no little brown mark on his leg one day and then find a permanent speck on him the next.
Of course, with the number of freckles and moles on each of his parents, it's no surprise that he would have them, too. But the way they just pop up out of the blue (brown?) is very weird.
I just spent 10 minutes reading about freckles and moles to make sure I categorize the spot correctly. I guess it's really a non-raised mole. And I suppose that's what most of my spots are, too, though I've spent my entire life calling them freckles.
I'm never too old to learn something!
Of course, with the number of freckles and moles on each of his parents, it's no surprise that he would have them, too. But the way they just pop up out of the blue (brown?) is very weird.
I just spent 10 minutes reading about freckles and moles to make sure I categorize the spot correctly. I guess it's really a non-raised mole. And I suppose that's what most of my spots are, too, though I've spent my entire life calling them freckles.
I'm never too old to learn something!
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