Friday, May 8, 2009

18 Month Well Baby Visit

We had Emery's 18 month appointment today. Below are the details and Emery's new accomplishments:

Weight - 22lbs - 15-20th percentile
Height - 31 3/4 inches - 50th percentile
She got one shot and didn't even cry - she's one tough girl!

Words she is saying: mama, dada, up, open, MINE, ut oh, no and lots of babbling these days

She is becoming very independent. She only wants to eat foods that she can feed herself. She is trying to put her own pants and shoes on. She regularly helps me with dusting, laundry and putting items in the trash.

Emery is also very observant and catches on to things very quickly. I was washing my face for bed tonight and she knew exactly which bottle to hand me in the right order. Amazing to me!

Dr Ring said that Emery is right on track for everything. I asked about Emery's weight and some of our struggles with food and she said that it's normal for kids her age to eat one good meal every day or every other day. She said that Emery's eating habits are totally normal and not to worry. She will eat when she's hungry and she won't starve. It was good to hear and to know that I can stop stressing about the amount of food that Emery does or doesn't eat.

I'm planning on getting Emery's pictures taken in the next week or so for her 18 month pictures. So, pictures to follow soon.

Just for fun, here are a couple of pictures of Emery.

Her 1st picture ever - November 7, 2007 at 4:52p

1 week old

She loves SHOES!

As we all know, Emery loves to be outside and she loves shoes. Ivan took Emery outside the other day while doing some yard work and she got filthy. She also got her cute tennis shoes all muddy (good thing they came clean after one run through the washer).

Anyway, I was at Walmart yesterday and saw crocks for $3. Who can beat that? So I bought one pair for home and one pair for Lola's thinking they would just be used for when she is playing outside and getting dirty. Well ... Emery has been obsessed with them ever since. She even pulled her socks off last night and put on her crocks with her jammies. And, she's wearing them again today. I've always hated crocks and swore that I would never wear them or buy them. Guess I was wrong on that one. Here she is with me trying to get her to pose for the camera. Apparently, she kept thinking "stand up" meant to really sit down :)