Anna’s 15 Month Check-Up

Thursday, July 9th, 2009 | Anna

Anna turned 15 months old last Sunday and we celebrated by taking her to the doctor on Tuesday. I don’t think she appreciated the shots we gave her for 15 month birthday…

It was a struggle to get her to stay still long enough to weigh her, but the scale briefly flashed “17lbs 11oz.” so we went with that weight. This means that Anna has gained almost a pound in a month and is continuing on her weight gain curve. Our doctor is hopeful that if we continue to feed her butter, cream and cheese, that she will be back on the 3rd percentile curve by 18 months.

Otherwise Anna is 30 3/4 inches tall – putting her at the 50th percentile for height. Tall and skinny – that’s my girl! At the risk of finger loss her doctor delved into Anna’s mouth and found 2 molars erupting – which nicely explains the finger chewing that Anna has been doing.

Prior to going to the doctor we made a list of Anna’s words and counted about 25 words that she says. Just as a note, we count them as words if they sound “mostly” like the real word and she uses them in the right context. For example, “dow”, which she says as we go down the stairs or when she wants to get down. But other easier words she does quite well, like “Hi”, “bye” and “bee”. We beamed with pride when told by the doctor that at 15 months most children only have 6 words.

Oh, and she’s still pretty cute – even when her faced is stuffed full of watermelon:

Cutie

But, I must make a mental note and not allow Mike to clean her up after a meal. He has a tendency to do some hairstyling reminiscent of his long ago punk days: