Caitlin's Stats at 15 Months

Took Caitlin in for her 15 month appointment today. She's never really happy about going to the doctor's office. It will be nice when I can promise her something, like a lollipop, and get her in a good mood. I can't remember when that started working for Brandon, but I think it was around age 2. I just remember being completely amazed at the wondrous behavioural powers of the lollipop. I keep the in my bag at all times now, but use them rarely.

Here are Caitlin's latest stats:
height: 31 1/2 inches tall (85th percentile)
weight: 22 pounds, 12 ounces (50th percentile)

Brandon's stats at the same age:
height: 32 inches tall (75th percentile)
weight: 22 pounds, 4 ounces (18th percentile)

The charts must be different for girls and boys. I'm not getting flack for her weight, and she consistantly weighs only up to 8 ounces more at the same age (except for Brandon at 9 months, when he was a whopping 17.5 pounds and in the 5th percentile!). Dr. Auh thinks Caitlin will be a tall girl.

Caitlin walks, says a few words, eats with a spoon and fork (when we let her), stacks blocks, and is now amazingly good at climbing up on a slide, sitting down on her bottom and sliding down. 10 days ago she still thought she could climb to the top of the slide and walk down - resulting in a lot of tears and a lot of sand ingestion. She does a few things in sign language, like "all done" and "milk", and points and grunts when she wants anything else. If the diaper bag is on the floor, she'll go through it and bring you any treats she finds. She knows that Cheerios and crackers live in the diaper bag. She also throws all the diapers around the house, which is another story. The other day she balanced on a scooter at the park while a lady pushed her around on it. She doesn't talk much, but she understands everything. Just because she doesn't talk much doesn't mean she's quiet. I'm still getting use to everyone staring at us in the store because of Caitlin's loud singing! Caitlin has a slight ear infection, and is now on amoxicillin. This explains the general crankiness and gunky eyes she's had. I thought it was just allergies. Now we know that Benedryl doesn't do much for ear infections, but improves her overall sleep!