Monday, January 3, 2011

18 months...

Her favorite words to say are "No" and "Stop".

She also knows how to say Kaiya (yai-ya), Mama, Dada, Papa, Tyson(yai-yai), Jada(yay-ya), bye-bye, hi, book(buh), ball(bah), diaper(bye-per) and on and on...

If she is asked to do something she immediately throws her hands up in the air, arches her back, shakes her curls and screams/cries. Then she throws herself to the ground and lays her cheek against the floor, sticks her thumb in her mouth and lies there for...awhile...



Even when everyone else is inside the house.

And it's 35 degrees outside.

And the wood on the deck is still somewhat icy.

Just because she's 18 months old.

Today this curly haired beauty had her 18 month checkup. She's got a huge noggin it seems. The medical assistant took the measurement 3 times to make sure she got it right. At her last appt it was in the 75th percentile. This appt's measurement put her in the 90th percentile! Her weight is a little over 24 lbs, and her heighth is 2'8.5". For those interested in percentiles, her weight is around 50% and her height 75%. So it seems she is growing well. As for the rest of her checkup she was fine all around. I was a little surprised when the doctor was looking in her mouth though..

Me: We think she's cutting 3 teeth right now.
Dr: Oh yeah, and there's 4 and 5 coming in too..and another eye tooth looks like it's getting ready to poke through.

So, for the record, 2 bottom molars + 3 eye teeth, and 1 that looks to make it's appearance soon.

I guess I really can't blame her for laying on the frozen deck...it must have felt good!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How did the doctor get to look in her mouth long enough to see all those teeth?? mom (cathy)

tysondouglas said...

Kaiya opened up to show them off. She doesn't do it for Jason though. Our doctor is interesting though...both of the kids like her and aren't worried about her touching them or looking at them. She's the only doctor Tyson didn't cry with, that's why we kept going to her.