Zeke had his 18 month old well baby visit today. Good visit, though we missed seeing the Good Doctor. (He is on vacation in Greece.) We got to see his stand-in who we have seen once before when Zeke had roseola in July (that happened during one of the recent blog blackouts). No mind, though, as I like her as much as the regular pediatrician and she is a little less old fashioned. Also, she is the mother of 4 children from 11 to 3 and she is one of 8 children, so she speaks with lots of personal experience and funny anecdotes. Zeke liked her because she let him play with her measuring tape the whole visit. This new toy works this way: parent pulls out tape, baby hits button, zip, baby say "ah-da", then signs "more please", repeat, repeat, repeat.
In short, Zeke got a shot, was well-behaved and checked out as very healthy. He is 33.5 inches tall and 27.5 pounds.
Asides:
* As far as diet, the weight lets you know that we are doing okay. The doctor (when asked) said we could introduce peanut and tree nuts now. She recommended not trying to introduce any more dairy until Zeke is at least two years old. I have been allowing some butter, cheese and dairy additives into his diet, but am holding off on milk, yogurt, cottage cheese and the like.
* She thought it was great we were doing signs with Zeke and agreed that the Good Doctor is old fashioned about this.
* We asked the doctor about developmental milestones we should expect and she mentioned that we will see Zeke continue to get frustrated (we do now) when he tries to get us to understand him and that his may result in some undesirable behavior like biting (which we occasionally experience now). She suggested that consistency in reactions and even some toddler sized time outs are appropriate.
* Zeke said "thank you" to the doctor when we left.
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