Doctors Visits

Last week, Doodle had her 18 month check up. Dr. Lockhart said that she is growing very well and was very pleased with her development. Doods kept her laughing with her crazy antics. She climbed into her stroller and leaped into my lap repeatedly while I was trying to talk to the doctor. She also kicked the doctor out of the room by closing the door behind her and yelling, "BYE BYE!" Again. She did it last time too. Good thing Dr. Lockhart is a good sport about it and just laughs! Doodle handled the entire visit very well until it came time to get her shots. I really can't blame her for not liking that part because I don't like it either. :o(

Official Stats:

Height - 32 1/2 inches, about 75-80th percentile (Dr. Lockhart thinks she's probably gearing up for a growth spurt since her height hasn't gone up too much since her 15 month visit. Her chart for her height looks like stair steps because she levels off and then hits a spurt and then levels off again. Since she's leveled off this time, she'll probably hit a spurt again. We don't go back again until she's two, though, so it might not show up so much as a spurt on the chart by then. She's still tall for her age, though, and if you double her height, it's three inches taller than me!)

Weight - 29 lbs, 12 1/4 oz, off the chart so 100th percentile (This is where she's been since she was about three months old, if not earlier. Dr. Lockhart has no concerns at all about her weight. She's just a big kid. Funnily enough, though, in the elevator leaving this appointment, a woman asked, "How old is she? Six months?" I really had to restrain myself to not laugh at that. She's off the charts for an eighteen month old and this lady was asking if she was a year younger than that?? Apparently she doesn't spend ANY time around babies!)

That was last Wednesday. Today we took her in again because she's been so cranky and clingy and out of sorts this week that I was convinced she had to have an ear infection. She's been rubbing at her ears a bit and my ears hurt so I thought maybe I'd picked something up and given it to her. Well, Dr. Lockhart was out of the office today so we saw the other doctor in the office, Dr. Hernandez. He was very nice, very gentle, and very knowledgeable. (I just love this doctor's office! If you know anyone having a baby who needs a pediatrician, Osler Pediatrics in great!) He asked us a ton of questions and examined Doods and couldn't find anything specific to pin her behavior on. He said she might just have a simple virus that was making her feel blah but since she couldn't tell us what was wrong, he couldn't really go past that. He did look at her ears and said they looked perfect and he could tell that she's never had an ear infection. It was really funny when he asked if she'd had one before and Andy and I said no. He literally did a double take and looked at us like we maybe we misunderstood the question. I quickly told him that she's not in day care and he seemed a lot less confused. "Oh, that explains it!" We've really lucked out in that sense because Doods has never really been sick. We've taken her in a few times thinking she might be ill but it never really amounts to anything. Still, I'd rather we bring her in and they tell us that there is nothing wrong with her than for us to say there's nothing wrong only to find out later that something is wrong.

And because every post is better with pictures, here's a collage of all of Doodle's birthday portraits!