Well, we finally went to the doctor yesterday for Joshua's 18 mo. well check appt. He weighs 23lbs and 12oz(24th%) and he is 32in long(48th%). OK, so the weight stayed about the same he lost a few ounces, but she didn't really say anything about that, but his height, wow he grew almost 2 inches in 3 months. Pretty cool! She said that he looks like he is progressing well. Everything checked out and she gave him an "A+" for being so healthy! We talked a little bit about his speech and word development. He isn't quite where he needs to be but she said between now and 2 yrs. it should develop more and more. She was a little concerned about his 18mo. developmental milestones, but not overly concerned. I am chalking it up to be that he is a boy and he has always done stuff his way and when he wants to.
As I said before, Joshua marches to the beat of his OWN drum! Just because a book says that at 18 months they should be able to stack blocks and "point" to a body part when asked and use "two word" sentences, doesn't mean that every single baby is going to do that. (It is just frustrating)!! OK, I will get off my soap box. I know in time Joshua will do all the above things when he IS ready! I also discussed with her how moody he has been lately and how nothing really seems to satisfy him and this was her answer: "Welcome to the terrible 2's!" Um, excuse me he isn't 2 yet...yea, well they start about now. Great, thanks! So, I guess it begins, the terrible 2's stage!!
Which leads, me to the last bit of information before I close out this post. Joshua is getting more and more independent and with that comes frustration because he doesn't know exactly what he wants or how to get it (explained by the doctor). After she explained that it was like certain things started to make sense. Joshua is still a fun, loving, laughing little boy who loves any and everything. Some, of his new favorite things are looking at the world upside down(top pic of the blog), playing with his new water sprinkler(of course, its water) and drinking from big kid cups(cups with straws). He has been doing the straw cup thing for awhile but finally got the hang of it, that you have to hold it down if you want to get a drink...lol!! This little boy lives life to the fullest! Really and truly, he tries his best to take in and do everything around him. He is such a delight!
P.S. Still loving and doing well in the toddler bed! It's kind of funny because I thought by now he would know that he can get it out, but nope, even in the mornings when he wakes up he lays there and waits for us to come in there and then he sits up and scoots to the edge of the bed and gets out....so funny and thankful!!
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