15 Month Check Up

Gaven’s 15 month’s check up:

weight: 22 lbs

height: 32 inches

He had 2 shots. He didn’t gain weight from his 12 month’s visit, grew 1/2 inch taller. Doctor isn’t too concerned about his weight even though he is in the 20-25% percentile in weight. We have been trying to feed him more food but he doesn’t seem to be very interested. Doesn’t eat much which frustrates me knowing that he didn’t gain any weight at all. He has this very bad habit- he would spit his food out if you continue to feed him when he is done eating. He would open his mouth to eat it but then push it right back out with his tongue. Drives. Me. Nuts.

Daycare- He loves his daycare to death. Throws tantrums every time we pick him up. Some days are better than the others, but most of the time, there will be a lot of fighting and screaming, and arm flailing going on. Seriously, people are going to think we abuse him at home or something. I think he likes the routine there and having many friends there. He has a set of routine over there and knows exactly what to expect every day. With us, we just kind of do whatever we want to do. We take him out shopping with us, run errands and do stuff. We don’t just sit at home and have a set of routine. So he doesn’t know what to expect each day with us. Books/ Internet says kids his age loves routine. So that’s the only explanation I can think of. Or he just doesn’t like us that much.

I took so long to do his 15 month update that I don’t remember what else to write. Let’s see….

The doctor told us that we can basically feed table food to Gaven now. Anything we eat, he can eat. I find that he is not ready for that yet. He still prefers to eat soft food. He doesn’t like to chew his food. So I still continue to steam his fruit for him, ie apples & pears.

He continues to sleep with us at around 6 am in the morning. We love it but I am sure this will come back and bite us one day.

He is beginning to test our limits more and more. He throws food on the floor despite us telling him no. He ignores our “no’s” and continues to climb and stand on chairs.

Each day, we see him grow into this little person in front of our very own eyes. It’s amazing to see how much he has grown. No doubt there is a lot of hard work and sacrifices made, he is still the best thing that ever happened to us.