Monk had his 18 month check up this week. We went through all the questions of toddler milestones.
Does he say more than 8 words?
Lots more if you count "no" "mine" and different versions of "mom" used interchangeably depending on mood and how loud he has to be to get my attention.
Can he walk up stairs with assistance?
He can climb a 7 foot ladder with the bottom rung removed and get himself into his own high chair, so yeah.
Does he run?
HA!
While we all want to make sure that our children are hitting those milestones, I was anxious about a different measurement. Weight.
Monk had been teetering just under the 20 lb. mark for months. He would have a bad allergy month and loose several pounds only to put on enough weight to come back up to 19lb. 10oz. at our next appointment. No one said to me that he needed to be over 20lb. and no one seemed worried or was questioning his weight. I mean he basically lives off of one source of meat (pork), fruits, veggies and rice, and doctors have commented that he is "small but growing." So the fact that we hovered just out of reach of what I considered in my head to be a milestone weight was really beginning to get to me.
When we got on the scale this week at the doctor, I cringed just a little bit. I had the same feeling I get when I watch "Extreme Weight Loss" and the contestant needed to loose those last few lbs but ate a cheeseburger the week before weigh in!!!! Beep, beep, beep. The numbers go up and then down, and then...wait for it....your kid hits the power button. Reset. Start again. And the scale said...22lbs!!! Needless to say I was excited. Enough in fact to write a whole post about it.
It has been almost 2 months to the day since our last episode of anaphlaxis, and he has grown from being in the 9th percentile to the 21st percentile. So I will be labeling this a success and hoping against hope that this is the new trend in our life. In fact, I'm calling it a new year starting July 1. This family now runs on a fiscal year plan!
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