LYDIA IS 18 MONTHS OLD!! How did this happen!?
This weekend Lydia helped her Daddy cheer on his St. Louis Cardinals (not to a victory, unfortunately). It was chilly that day so we kept her warm jammies on underneath her Cardinals-gear. Cute.
By the way, that's the same hat she was wearing in this picture at 4 months old!
And in this one at 3 weeks old!
It finally fits! (I can't believe she was that small once)
Today she visited her Pediatrician for her check-up. She had only one shot this time - her last batch of the Hep vaccine. She's finished with vaccines until she is FOUR years old! This is GREAT news!!!!
Here are her stats:
She is the same weight she was at her 15 month appointment! It was a funny moment for Oliver and me, because we usually hear she has gained several pounds since the last visit - she's been growing like crazy since she came home from the hospital! So when they said her weight was the same, it was like the record stopped - "Really??!" It makes perfect sense, actually, because since 14 months she has been moving non-stop! Running and playing all the time. She's just more mobile and maybe hitting a little plateau, which was due. She's still at the 95% percentile! What a great 18 months - no ear infections, no flu, no reason to make any appointments for illness - not once. Such a healthy girl.
We discussed her communication skill development with the Doctor. We've decided to take her for some hearing and cognitive testing. No one is panicked that she isn't talking yet, but we want to go ahead and address anything that could be a challenge for her and start working on it now (if necessary). The first test will be a hearing test. Of course when she was born they screened her hearing at the hospital, and she passed with flying colors, but things could have changed or missed. About 85% of the time I'm convinced she has no trouble hearing and I can name all sorts of examples proving just that. Still, we want to do whatever the doctor recommends. He said he has kids come through all the time who are just taking their time and don't talk very much until they are 2 or 2 1/2 and it's not problem. But you do want to know they are understanding you and listening and learning. She shows us that in many ways, but also isn't quite hitting the mark where a few other benchmarks are concerned. Her Doctor is aware that she is learning german right now, too. We asked the direct question again - is this okay? Should we stop for awhile and be consistent with just english? Should we not have started this right away at birth? He said not to change a thing! He said it's good for her and just fine and to keep it up! We thought so, but just didn't want to make her life any harder if we shouldn't! Anyway, seriously we're not worried about any of this, but we will go and have the testing and just be sure she's on the right track. It's the best thing for her!
Congratulations on being a super healthy, happy, cute 1 1/2 year old Lydia! We love you so much and we're so proud of you!
1 comment:
Yay for good health :)
Doing what the Dr. says is probably a good idea but Don't worry!! So many kids do this (especially girls I've been told). She is just taking it ALL IN!!
Sweet Lydia :)
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