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Henry at 18 Months

Monday, September 26th, 2011 | Henry

Last week Henry reached his 18 month birthday, which means we can finally say his age is 1 1/2.  This little birthday was marked by an appointment with our pediatrician and some shots, hooray!

Normally Henry is an adorable, happy little boy, as seen here:

However, as soon as I brought him into the examination room the switch for “grumpy, fearful boy” was activated.  Henry held tightly to me and we barely got him weighed and measured.  Good news is we did get him measured: Henry weighs a little over 22lbs (7th percentile) and is 31 inches (25th percentile). The grumpiness continued through the appointment when the doctor arrived but then truly came to a crescendo when the nurse brought in the box containing the syringes.  I tried getting my flu shot first to show Henry it was okay, but that didn’t help and we had to hold him down screaming for his two immunizations.

The poor thing wore himself out so much that he slept on the way home in the car (a rare morning nap) and then continued sleeping in the car when we got home.  I didn’t want to get him out of the car, so I just left him in the car in the garage with the windows open while I mowed the front lawn.  Completely slept through me mowing the lawn 10 feet away from him! He finally perked up after I woke him up and gave him some snack.

This week Henry finally has another tooth (that’s a total of 7 now) and looks like he has got another one on the way.  He’s working on lots of words these days, like “Daddy”, instead of just “Dada”, and is continuing to repeat “tactor” on a regular basis; Henry’s dad got him a little plastic John Deere tractor that he can push around which he loves!

And just to show you that he’s truly a daddy’s boy, here he is emulating daddy:

Henry has shown an increased interest in sitting on the toilet these days and likes to say “pee, pee” while doing so.  The other day he insisted on reading a magazine, so I gave him one of Mike’s Woodsmith magazines.  I wonder where he gets it from…

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