15 Month Stats

All three of us went to your 15-month check-up, and I was sure glad. It doesn't get any easier to see you held down on the exam table and poked with needles, so having your dad there really gives me moral support. Your daddy always tries to explain to you that it's either a painful poke now or polio later. I'm not sure you hear him, though, through all your screaming.

This was your first visit to the doctor since your 12-month check-up, which means you've been very healthy the past three months. Today you measured 32 inches tall (90%) and nearly 26 pounds (75%). You're at least as big as your friends who are six months older than you.

You're right on track with all your developmental milestones, except for one: you still drink milk out of a bottle. And that's our fault. Dr. Patil said that it was very important for you to make the transition to sippy cups, especially with a new baby on the way. So this afternoon's bottle was your last. Up until now you've refused to drink milk out of anything other than a bottle, but we've decided the time has come for you to go cold turkey on the bottles. Tonight we gave you a sippy cup with milk, which you didn't appreciate and cried for about ten minutes until you realized we weren't going to give you a bottle.

Although you're not saying much, at least not much that's recognizable, you understand just about everything. Today you pointed out your ear and mouth when prompted, and you already know your belly and shoes. Your newest word, as of yesterday, is "bubbles" and you say it very well. You try to make a buzzing noise like your daddy does when he reads the book with the bumble bee.

You've been very rough with the dogs lately, and we're desperately trying to teach you to be gentle with them. We caught you climbing up your high chair today. Guess you were hungry. You really like being outside and had a lot of fun at the pool over the weekend. But you're very favorite thing to do right now is read books. Current favorites are Clifford books and books with pictures that you can point at. You are constantly bringing us books to read to you, and we often read the same book dozens of times a day.