18 Month Appointment

I took Adia to her 18 month appointment today. I was hoping for a larger weight gain and growth, but I should be happy with what she did gain. She's been looking so skinny lately and it's been impossible to find her pants that fit. They all end up half way down her butt. She's now 20lbs 6.9oz and 30.2 inches. I swear she seems taller. She's in the 5th percentile for weight and the 10th percentile for height. She's definitely a petite pixie. Her doctor's not worried either. She said that Adia's been maintaining her own curve, except for a slight little blip up, but now she's back where she started. If she had suddenly dropped off the chart or had been way higher and dropped, then we'd worry, but she seems perfectly healthy.

Adia is always so good at the doctor's office. I think she genuinely likes her pediatrician too. Adia let her know that she's got quite the vocabulary and knows her body parts. Adia gladly let her listen to her heart and lungs and check out her ears, but her mouth was another story. At home, you say "Can you go Ahh?" and stick out your tongue and Adia copies. Today, she totally refused to open up. Her doctor did comment on Adia's serious mouth of teeth. We're just waiting for her 2 yr old molars now. And her canines are SHARP! You don't want to be bit by those.

We talked about a referral to a pediatric GI. She agreed it would be a good thing since we're still gluten free and the allergy stuff came back negative. She started the referral procedure today so we'll see what happens. My only frustration is Adia will no doubt have to do a 6 week gluten trial. That scares me greatly. I don't want to see my little girl in pain and also risk her losing even more weight. I just need to keep reminding myself that if we get answers, it will be totally worth it. Then Adia can be protected when she's in school too.

Adia did have two shots today, DTP and HepA. She only cried for a second, while she was getting poked. Then it was back to wanting to be held and "Shoes on!" She got a sticker before we left and wanted to play with the kitchen set instead of heading to the car. I did get to make her a 2 yr appointment while she was preoccupied. She fussed a little in the car on the way home and every time she saw her bandaids, she said, "Owie!" I gave her Tylenol when we got home, tried to get her to eat lunch and then I accidentally fell asleep on the couch while she was playing. I was only out 15 minutes and she woke me by throwing toys.

Not long after that, Scott got up and Adia followed him back to bed. We ended up taking a 2 hour nap. It was wonderful. I didn't want to get up though, but Adia insisted and it was time to make dinner. Adia wasn't interested in dinner, she just wanted to play. And play we did. Scott attempted a nap, but Adia kept running into the bedroom and then running back to me in the living room. She'd run into my arms, give me a huge kiss and then run away again. She was laughing and squealing the whole way. We also built a huge lego tower. Adia had fun dismantling it.

I eventually got her to sleep at 9:45. She did not want to calm down even though it was obvious that she was tired. For a kid that got shots today, you could never tell. Normally she's groggy afterwards. Now that she's asleep, I better join her. Otherwise I'll be even more exhausted tomorrow.