15 month well check!

This morning was Pearce's 15 month well check!  I am always so excited to take Pearce to these appointments because I love finding out about his height and weight and hearing what his doctor has to say about him.  Pearce was such a good boy!  The nurse first got his height, weight and head circumference.  Pearce was very cooperative for all three!

His stats

Weight:  23lbs, 13 oz (72 percentile)

Height:  31.5 inches (72 percentile)

Head Circum.:  47.5 cm (75 percentile)

PERFECT!!!!!

We had to wait about 15 minutes before Dr. Sperling came in, so what did Pearce do?  He found the light switches and had so much fun turning them off and on, off and on, off and on....off and on :)

He got tired of using his fingers to turn the lights off and on, so he started using tongue depressors....then he started dropping them down the side of the table and would say "Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh!"  I would give him more and the cycle would just repeat itself....I bet there are 10 or more tongue depressors caught behind the table...oops!

Dr. Sperling came in and she was so sweet and calm with Pearce.  He just kept "talking" to her and telling her everything he knew :)  I was excited to tell her the 15 words Pearce knows!  She really was impressed by that.  It was also nice to hear that she is not worried one bit about him not walking yet.  He is just taking his time and needs to build some confidence up...awww, little guy!!!  These are the words he knows:

1. Daddy                                 6.  Keys             11.  No No (nah nah)                                          
2.  Hot                                    7.  See                12.  Bye Bye (baa baa)  
3. Doggy                                 8.  Uh oh            13.  Thank you (day doo)
4. Sissy (what he calls Daisy)   9.  Ball (Bah)      14.  Bubble (buh buh)
5. Cheese                              10.  Ow               15.  Mama

She did say he needs to stop taking a bottle...it is time :)  I told her he only takes one in the morning when he wakes up and at night when I rock him at bedtime.  I didn't tell her about the bottles before and after his afternoon naps :)

I mean, what is wrong with this?????  I know, I know.....we will work on it.  And yes....I let him crawl around on the floor...it was too hard keeping him on my lap, so I gave up :)

Now it was time for shots.  He got one toe prick for a Hemoglobin check, which his levels were perfect and then one shot in each thigh.  I had to hold his hands and he cried so hard that he couldn't catch his breath.  After the shots, I held him and gave him is beloved blankie and bottle and all was right with the world again.  So thankful for this healthy baby boy!  I just love him so much it hurts sometimes.