Today at Emma’s 15 month check up, the doctor and I were discussing her egg allergy while she nursed. She heard the word egg, and came off the boob to inquire "chicken?" (chi-choo) and then went back to nursing. Ha!
She learned about the chicken/egg connection (and learned to say both words) two weeks ago when we were "chicken sitting" for a friend. I guess those daily visits to the "chi-choos" really stuck with her!
For stats, her weight was up to almost 24 pounds, which puts her at 60th percentile. Chubbin up! She was at 79th percentile for height and head circumference. Everything else was on target, though her language, which we have sort of realized, is a bit advanced. I bet she is up to about 100 words/signs now, though many come in and out of rotation frequently.
The doctor was very supportive of our continued breastfeeding, more so than he has been in the past, for some reason. And he mentioned how great it was given her current dairy intolerance, which was nice to hear. He was helpful with our allergy concerns (currently dairy, egg, and raspberry,possibly some others, though all are somewhat mild), and referred us to a specialist for that.
We happened to bring her doll along (not a surprise, really, since she goes everywhere) and the doctor did every procedure with the doll before doing it on Emma, and she was thrilled by that and totally fine with everything, even the ear check, which she usually hates. Woo hoo, we will definitely bring Baby to the next appt, as well!
And, to please my geeky side, the office has moved to a new computer recordkeeping system that prints out a personalized report of the appointment for you at the end, with all the data for measurements, past vaccines, developmental milestones, etc, which was really cool.
The only downer was that she fell asleep nursing at the end of the appointment when the doctor and I were talking, and it was a rude awakening to receive three needle jabs to the thigh by the nurse — poor kid! She recovered miraculously well, though, given the circumstances. It was really helpful to be able to talk to her about what happened this time, though, with her knowing the signs for "sleep", and "hurt", and knowing where her leg, is, etc. I think talking through it really helped her get over it faster!
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such fun and funny updates!! And if she keeps this up it will be a great feat to ‘keep up’ with her! Am wondering how the kitchen remodel is progressing and how you are weathering it…. ??